VINE LINES - APRIL 2010
A monthly update on the wines, the vines, and the times at Rives-Blanques.
This is a vine. Not just any vine. This is a forty year-old chenin blanc vine, and it has been doing some extraordinary things since we took this picture exactly a month ago. If you are interested in its story, and in experiencing the perils and potholes of the rocky road leading from vine to wine, then please click here for the start of the journey (and keep your eye on the leaves). Apologies for the quality of the video, but we hope to get better at it as time goes on - as you can see, it's a tough enough job just trying to keep up with the vine itself. In May we plan to accompany it through its flowering, the most crucial and critical time of all ... in the most forgiving and unforgiving month of all. |
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Speaking of which, we are absolutely delighted that the leading Italian publication Gambero Rosso devoted its April edition to the wines of the Languedoc, and highlighted the two mauzacs from Rives-Blanques - with and without bubbles: the Blanquette de Limoux and our celebrated Cuvée Occitania. Molte grazie for that, we are always so pleased when Mauzac gets a public pat on the back.
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And we ourselves are looking forward to being back in the lap of literature in the UK next week, where our chardonnay-chenin country wine carries the colours of the Bath Literature Festival, and pouring our wines at the Great Western Wine's shop on Saturday May 8. But if we don't see you there, we hope to catch up with you again this time next month …. |
If enough is enough, please click on takemeoff@rives-blanques.com to be released from next month's Vine Lines. April 30 , 2010
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