Saturday February 1 Yesterday we bottled our IGP Pay d’Oc made from chardonnay and chenin blanc. It was Flower Day, according to the biodynamic calendar. until after tea time that is, but we had finished the job by then. Do we ‘believe’? Well, to give a straight answer, we don’t disbelieve. And it can’t do the […]
We welcome the Win(e)-Win(e) Year! 2020 transliterates into Vin-Vin in French, but we hear it more as Vingt Vins: twenty wines, because this year will witness our 20th harvest. How time flies! And the year breaks over us full of sunshine, birdsong and snow-covered peaks smiling on the horizon. The stars are well-aligned! […]
Saturday 7 December Christmas comes early to Rives-Blanques! In this weekend’s Financial Times, the wine expert’s expert, Jancis Robinson MW, comes up with her list of 26 white wines from all corners of the globe for the festivities, rated on price-quality considerations. Absolutely thrilled, and also very honoured, to see our chenin blanc, Dédicace […]
Friday 1 November A eureka day today ! Pierre Roque, our tasting consultant comes by today to taste our entry level wine with us, and the base for our Blanquette de Limoux. This is the first time we’ve seriously tasted the finished product. We were over and done with in two ticks: it was all […]
Tuesday 1 October And so, having spent every waking hour, and sleeping hour as well (in my dreams) stripping the leaves off around the grapes and cutting off the bits we don’t want to have harvested, what happens? It hails! Oh no! All those beautiful vulnerable grapes so carefully exposed to the elements! Oh no indeed. But […]