News

When we moved here from London in good time for the September and October harvest in 1999, it all seemed rather idyllic. Everyone took August off in France, allegedly, and then you started preparing

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Many thanks to everyone for all the kind messages about keeping safe from the fires that have raged for more than a week near Bordeaux. We’re very touched. Mercifully we’re just over 20 m

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Daniel our vineyard manager – a photo journal 1999-2026, part two Our vineyard manager Daniel retired at the end of June, having started at Bauduc way back in 1985. We have put together a photo

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Daniel our vineyard manager – a photo journal 1999-2026, part one Tuesday, 30 June 2026 was the last working day for Daniel, our vineyard manager. Remarkably, he’s been at Château B

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Mid-thirties for the whole of the last week of May is utterly bonkers. During the first fortnight, we were asking how we translate ’ne’er cast a clout till May is out’ as it was chi

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As we head into the Bank Holiday weekend – Friday 1st May in France, Monday 4th in the UK – below are the links to not one but two videos uploaded by our great friend Tom Gilbey on YouTub

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For the Easter weekend we thought there’s nothing our friends and customers would like more than an in-depth report on Bordeaux 2025. To be fair, and the weather last year apart, the production

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This month’s news review is a meandering journal of images to scroll through at your leisure. The vineyard, fallen trees, floods, the bottling, various trips and family snaps - life’s ric

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We don’t usually mix our end-of-month newsletter with a wine offer but given there’s an increase in UK duty on 1st February, and the end of dry January is in sight, it’s hard to avo

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The Budget – UK duty on wine As there was no mention of alcohol duties by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in her Budget speech, this is a doom Thursday briefing rather than a Black Friday sales

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