Posted by Gavin Quinney on 31st Jan 2020
31st January 2020. Bloody hell. The last day as citizens of the European Union (except Amelia and Tom who were both born in France and have dual citizenship). Eleven months of transition, with
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 29th Nov 2019
November might have been wet, but no less busy. We’ve been carrying on with the work in the cellar on the new wines and, in the vineyard, we’ve just started the winter pruning. We have
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 5th Nov 2019
Here, as promised, is the second part of our monthly newsletter, with the link to Gavin's thrilling 'Bordeaux 2019 weather and harvest report'. As well the link to Gavin's site below, it is
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 31st Oct 2019
Two for the price of one this month. No, not the wine, but newsletters. Last month, we sent out a long fable of our white harvest, with copious pictures. So it’s only fair that we report bac
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 30th Sep 2019
So much has been going on this month but for this missive we’ve focused on the harvest. Seems only fair. It’s a long read - sorry - with lots of photos of the white harvest, with much of the red
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 30th Aug 2019
So, the end is nigh. The end of the summer holidays that is, at least in France. We’ve had a fabulous July and August, surrounded by family and friends and a host of visitors. And this week we
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 31st Jul 2019
“Phew - it’s a scorcher” we wrote at the end of June. And so it continued, right up until last Friday when, mercifully, the thirsty vines received some refreshing rain. We’ve seen 40 degrees
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 28th Jun 2019
Phew, it's a scorcher. After yesterday, when it nudged 40˚C here, it's calming down to the low to mid thirties today and throughout next week. Exactly a week ago, it barely reached 20˚C and ra
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 31st May 2019
The end of May, if you’ll forgive the cliché. Whatever next? June, you say, and a fair amount of sport still. It’s also an important few weeks ahead in the vineyard as the vines have just star
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 1st May 2019
It's Bordeaux en primeur time and 2018 is actually a vintage to get quite enthusiastic about. There hasn't been such a great year since, erm, 2016. The fine wine world descended on the
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