You will find this same article with functioning links to the Atelier des Vignerons, all the tasting notes, the video of the Vinifilles lunch with Tamlyn Currin of Team Jancis Robinson, right here: https://mailchi.mp/92dc019d9eda/summer-vinelines-2020
Our new roadside sign celebrates the bio-diversity of the flora and fauna at Rives-Blanques, protected by Europe’s Natura 2000 programme. But, alas, Natura 2000 cannot protect us from Nature herself, as we have learned to our cost. A TRIO WITH BRIO! Hardly a month after winning Decanter’s gold medal and a hard-hitting 95 points for our Limoux chardonnay, our other two […]
RIVES-BLANQUES VINE LINES NOVEMBRE 2017 Alors, how was the harvest, then ? If you mean 2016, then it was great, thank you! Or at least, that’s according to the reviews of the past four weeks. Our 2016 entry-level chardonnay-chenin blanc, […]
RIVES-BLANQUES VINE LINES MAY 2017 Spring bounded in over the mountains, brimming with birdsong and seductive, treacherous beauty. It was only too easy to forget that April can be the cruellest month of all. But then the frost came as a short, sharp reminder. Two nights in a row. One night ‘black’ frost, one night ‘white’ frost. Some people were […]
IT’S SUMMERTIME! The heat is on. And we are on the slippery slope to the harvest. Too early to say, but so far everything looks great. Brilliant, in fact. But we never said so … no, we shouldn’t tempt the gods by even mentioning it. (Though the grapes do look very good indeed, by the way.) “Old […]