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, […]
THINK PINK ! Our New Year’s Resolutions may be a bit long in the tooth by now, but the New Decade’s Resolutions are only just beginning. This Grand Rhinolophe plays a part in ours. So too the Royal Eagle, the Petit Rhinolophe, Busards big and small, and many more things on wings; a multitude of […]
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 […]
VINE LINES – OCTOBER 2010 (ALL IS SAID AND DONE) When all is said and done, it was a Very Good Year. Tricky, but good. Unusually low yields throughout France can be blamed on a number of things, and they all have to do with the weather – which yo-yo’d all over the place under […]
VINE LINES – SEPTEMBER 2010 (THE WAITING GAME) If your copy of this month’s Vine Lines does not come over properly, please click here A group of artists came to Rives-Blanques this month and painted the vineyard suspended in silence, holding its breath. Everyone around us was already knee-deep in the harvest, while we were […]