Posted by Gavin Quinney on 31st Aug 2018
Another dry and unusually hot month, and the white harvest has already kicked off in the more precocious Bordeaux vineyards, namely to the south of the city in Pessac-Léognan. Most white vines,
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 31st Jul 2018
A memorable month with friends, family, football and glorious weather. And, for some of us, Love Island. We’ve also had a record number of visitors to the château to taste and even to buy ou
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 30th Jun 2018
We hope you’re enjoying the sunshine. As we’ve discovered of late, it is most definitely rosé weather. Here it’s been hot and it’s getting even hotter: 35°C tomorrow on Saturday 30th June, al
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 31st May 2018
May can be such a great month. Some glorious weather, bank holidays, cup finals, the occasional wedding and the whole of the summer to look forward to. It’s also a lovely time in the v
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 30th Apr 2018
Normally we’d be a bit miserable with these seasonal showers (above) yet we are delighted to report that there has been no repeat of the late spring frost that half-trashed our vines at the en
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 30th Mar 2018
March has been a bit mad. Our spirits have been tested in this last, thoroughly sodden week, but no doubt the Easter bunny will bring us all good cheer as spring approaches. Funnily enough,
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 1st Mar 2018
A cold February has been good news for us as the vines have had a decent winter break, and we’ve been able to prune them without the imminent risk of the sap rising prematurely. We have, pretty
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 31st Jan 2018
January has been anything but dry in the vineyard, and fairly miserable for the four who are out there pruning and the others who follow behind, pulling out and removing last year’s branches by
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 30th Nov 2017
Some good news over the last week. The Chancellor froze the duty on wine in his Autumn Budget and Victoria Moore selected our Sauvignon Blanc 2016 for her 60 Best Wines for Christmas in th
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 3rd Nov 2017
This looong newsletter isn’t up everyone’s alley, to be fair, and you’d be forgiven for flicking to the next email in a trice. In the grand scheme of things, the 2017 Bordeaux vintage matters
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