by Domaine La Tasque | Mar 24, 2017 | News, Organic
Composting the vineyards 30 tonnes of organic compost was delivered at the beginning of this year. Working out how to distribute it onto the vineyards when we don’t own any equipment to do so took some working out, but we got there in the end. So here is...
by Domaine La Tasque | Mar 10, 2017 | News, Organic
Spring in the vineyard Spring is here and although the vines are not yet budding, there are plenty of flowers blooming amongst the vines. The most prevalent wild flower is the white ‘false rocket’ or diplotaxis erucoides. It can grow so thick that it looks...
by Domaine La Tasque | Feb 23, 2017 | News
Bottling 2015 vintage We had a busy day on Tuesday, bottling our 2015 vintage. We made three wines in 2015, Domaine La Tasque Carignan and a varietal Syrah. Also Tasque Grenache, which comes from a small vineyard of old vines which is owned by a friend of ours....
by Domaine La Tasque | Jan 27, 2017 | News
We are very chuffed to have received some nice scores and comments from Andreas Larsson, the world’s best sommelier in 2007. He tasted our wines in December 2016, along with around 300 other IGP wines from the Langueodc. All wines were tasted blind and results...
by Domaine La Tasque | Nov 23, 2016 | News
Rogue vine in Carignan The Carignan vineyard is mostly, well, Carignan. But there are a few rogue white grapevines in amongst them. These are easiest to spot in Autumn when the leaves change colour. This vine is, we think, Grenache Gris and we wish we had a few more...
by Domaine La Tasque | Nov 22, 2016 | News
Syrah in Autumn We ploughed the vineyard yesterday to decompact the soil and allow the water better access to the vine roots. Just in time – it is pouring with rain now!
