Beasties in the vines

by | Jul 2, 2015 | News

Some insects in the vineyard Summer is here. Temperature have soared to 35°C and the cicadas are in full voice. Here are a few photos of the insect life in our Syrah vineyard this week. This cicada looks pretty calm but he can zoom around the vineyard at great speed,...

Who’s been eating our vines?

by | Jun 12, 2015 | News

  A couple of weeks ago, we were alarmed to see that several of our Syrah vines had been munched by an unidentified predator. The damage was too high up to be wild boar so we thought it might be deer, although we’ve never seen any in the vineyard. Three days...

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...

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...

Floraison

by | May 23, 2014 | News

Flowering begins in the Syrah Photo taken 22nd May.