Lou Cayla’s ‘new’ winery

Our fabulous ‘new’ winery Work has nearly finished on our new winery. The building itself is at least 150 years old and has been used mostly as a barn for agricultural equipment although at one time it moonlighted as the village’s salle de fête. So this is what it...

Springtime in and around the vineyard

Springtime in the vineyard Spring has come early to the Languedoc. Not only are the vines a good 2 weeks ahead of normal, but wild flowers around the vineyard have burst into flower early...

Postcard from India

Lou Cayla’s production in 2012 was a miniscule 843 bottles, not enough to make great inroads in export markets. So imagine our surprise when we got some lovely feedback on our 2012 Syrah-Carignan from Auroville in southern India. A friend and member of our...

Pruning

Pruning and tying in Syrah One of the advantages about having such a small acreage of vines is that you can choose to prune only when the weather is nice.  March has been glorious so far –  sunny and 20°C, so perfect for finishing off pruning our Syrah and tying...

Work starts on our ‘new’ winery

New winery for Domaine Lou Cayla Today is a very important day. Work started on our new winery. Or, more accurately, on the renovation project to turn an earthern floored, stone barn into a functioning, clean winery. The barn has most recently been used to store...