There’s something interesting going on in the vineyard. Look at these pictures of the same vine taken at the same time this year and last year : late last month, the grapes were about three weeks ahead of themselves. Today they are almost back to normal. Why ? The most convincing theory is that they are unusually […]
Meet a mauzac at the end of May, and marvel: what a difference a month can make. The flowering of the vines this year was a textbook affair – no complaint about weather conditions, it stayed clement and friendly throughout. And just when we thought we might start worrying about a lack of water, the […]
It has been a warm, sunny April – the warmest, sunniest first April fortnight in France since 1875. And nothing says it more eloquently than this 45 year-old chenin blanc, photographed at exactly the same time this year and last year. As you can see, we are two to three weeks ahead of schedule – […]
VINE LINES MARCH – APRIL 2011 Harvest 2011 here we come ! The end of Limoux’s carnival signifies the beginning of its next millésime, as all around us the vines suddenly are burgeoning with buds and full of the joys of spring. Chardonnay is in the lead : tiny little leaflings unfurl like brave flags, […]
VINE LINES – NOVEMBER (& DECEMBER) 2010 If your copy of this month’s Vine Lines does not come over properly, please click here .. Nobody paints the picture quite like an Old Dutch Master. Here you find us in winter’s icy grip, with all attention focused on the winery. Here too you find us spread […]