Wednesday April 1 Is this an April Fool’s joke, or what? Not a single bottle sold in a month, and now suddenly there are two huge trucks in our courtyard, one to collect a pallet of wine for Germany, and another half a pallet for Switzerland. And they both arrive at the same time, both cautiously wending […]
Wednesday 5 March It’s literally “heaven-sent” Jan says, looking at the curtain of rain firmly closed around us. Just made to order for our newly planted Mauzac vines. They’re happy, and we’re happy. The empty tanks in the cellar have filled up to the brim with rainwater syphoned down from the roof gutters, and now we have […]
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 […]