Fermentation

by | Sep 24, 2014 | News

The grapes are gently fermenting in our new winery, pictured below just before harvest.   The colour extraction on the Carignan is superb. The photo below was taken the day after the harvest and the juice was already a deep, vivid pink. Now it is like ink and...

Les vendanges 2014

by | Sep 22, 2014 | News

Grape harvest 2014 Our 2014 harvest is bubbling gently in the tanks. Here are some photos of picking our Syrah and Carignan grapes. All hand picked into small containers.  The quality is excellent – deliciously ripe, healthy...

Waiting game

by | Sep 3, 2014 | General, News

Harvest 2014 – the waiting game The grapes are looking great. Beautifully healthy and the flavours are developing nicely. The weather now is ideal with warm days (29°C) and cooler nights (15°C). Fingers crossed it stays that way until harvest which, for the Syrah,...

Rain

by | Jun 25, 2014 | News

  Following on from last week’s post about lack of water, we had a good amount of rain last night. And the right kind of rain that penetrated into the soil. So we are happier.         And so are the...

Wild boar

by | Jun 21, 2014 | News

Wild boar This boar came sauntering past when I was in the vines this morning. Worth getting up early for!