2014 – the year of the drought?

by | Jun 20, 2014 | News

2014 – the year of the drought? Jean-Dominique is worried. He is an agricultural engineer who consults to over 50 vineyards from Frontignan to Fitou and he has never seen a year like it. If 2003 was the year of the canicule ‘heatwave’, 2013 of the latest vintage in...

Pruning

by | Jan 10, 2014 | News

Pruning Carignan Today we started on one of the most important annual vineyard tasks – pruning. Important because it is a major determinant of yield and of the way the vine grows during the season and the position of shoots, leaves and grapes. The goal is to...

Pressing

by | Nov 5, 2013 | News

Basket press Just to show that you don’t need high-tech equipment to make wine, here are some photos of us pressing our Syrah and Carignan. We used an old basket press, borrowed from our neighbour Didier, which is perfect for small batch winemaking. We tasted...