It’s my Vineyard

Up at 6.30am monday 3rd sept. The Turkish team of grape pickers would be arriving at 7.30 and all the paperwork must be filled and faxed to the Social Security Centre in Lyon before anyone starts work. The identity and health insurance cards photocopied. Unfamiliar names and complex spellings and worn numbers difficult to read [...]

The bottling took one long day, on our property but carried out by the company ‘2000 Embouteillage’, this allows us to put ‘Mis en bouteille au domane’ on our label.  We have always used this company who have an excellent reputation in this area.
In the morning the wine is fitered through degrees of fineness [...]

During the days leading up to the vendanges there was intense cleaning activity. When making wine everything from the huge concrete vats where the wine is made to every bucket and hose must be spotless. Nothing must be allowed to contaminate our wine. The vats or cuves are washed under high pressure, Fred with the [...]