Posted by Gavin Quinney on 4th Nov 2020
We had so many kind comments about our photo journal of the famous châteaux of the Médoc last week, we thought it only fair to continue the story closer to home, in Saint-Émilion. You
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 30th Oct 2020
It’s been a hectic month and although we’ve just gone back into lockdown in France today, this is no time to think about putting our feet up. We’ve got so much to do before the end of the year (no
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 28th Oct 2020
This week's photo journal comes from a Saturday afternoon in the Médoc and a trip down the famous Route des Châteaux. The weekend before, a good friend in the London wine trade had written to
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 21st Oct 2020
For this week's photo journal, here are some bunches of grapes that you don't often see: Bordeaux varieties bearing fruit and a splash of autumn colour. Atypical and rather attractive. It's on
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 14th Oct 2020
There's a change to the regular photo journal this week as the images take on a rather different look and feel. This is our Bordeaux 2020 weather and harvest report, an annual feature that's been p
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 7th Oct 2020
For the last four weekly missives, every Wednesday throughout September, I’ve posted a photo journal of our harvest at Bauduc (bauduc.com/news) for crémant, dry white, rosé and red. It’s hig
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 30th Sep 2020
This afternoon we brought in the last of the Cabernet Sauvignon (with Pavie above, just now) under a clear autumn sky. The same is true for many across Bordeaux as pickers and harvest machin
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 29th Sep 2020
Here’s this week’s unmissable photo journal of what’s been happening here. Having finished the reds for making rosé a couple of days before, the first parcel of Merlot destined for our red wine
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 23rd Sep 2020
We're onto our red harvest now - for making red - having completed the whites, and the reds for the rosé. Those wines, née juices, are all fermenting away in our stainless steel cuves. Before
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Posted by Gavin Quinney on 16th Sep 2020
Here's another midweek harvest update, and this time on our rosé. To avoid any confusion, the title refers to the timing of the harvest and is not meant as a drinking suggestion. This morning
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