It’s my Vineyard

Roses are seen everywhere in Beaujolais, planted for a reason, decoratively outlining the vineyards. If the roses suffer it is a warning that the vines need treatment as they will suffer too, just as a canary sent in advance down a mine would sense a lack of oxygen so saving the lives of humans who [...]

Because of our new style of management we will have double the quantity of wine for 2007, too much too soon, although our sales are increasing and our market is broadening. We decided to approach our closest cooperative in Quincie with a view to selling some of our harvest in grapes. After some effort a [...]

One of the most difficult decisions we had to make whilst almost drowning in administration, learning all we could about the wine business, and furnishing the house from scratch, was how did we want our label to look? Soon our 2005 fine Beaujolais wine must be bottled and we needed a label fast!
Within the [...]

While we organise our new style of management the demands for our wine continue. We have the transporters set up to pick up a palet for England. John came for a glass of Regnie and ended up helping label and box the order, a tremendous help. Fred and I take about two hours plus [...]

It has been a little quiet on the blog recently but we have been extremely active! We are managing the vineyard in a different way now, which means that we will have even more delicious fine Beaujolais wine for sale in 2007.
However we need to employ more people and invest in some new equipment to [...]

Meanwhile in Beaujolais the landscape is a thick lush carpet of green, the growth has been amazing since we were here last, upwards and outwards, so it is difficult to determine where the tiny paths are between the vines.
The miniscule yellowy green flowers have almost been and gone, and remember it is the [...]

The Western world has in the last several months woken up to the fact of climate change. Virtually every man and woman on the street has taken up the ‘green cause’, although frequently in denial as to just what personal sacrifices are called for if we are really going to reduce global warming. [...]

Our friends in Morgon ,who have been working their land for the last thirty years ,have never seen the vines so advanced in their growth! I remarked before that on April 21st last year the small green shoots had just formed. Today on April 25th there is a huge mass of leaves, the landscape being [...]

Fernand came today to check the 2006, wine that is still in the ‘cuves’ or vats. Untill the wine is bottled we need to add half a gramme of bisulphate each month to each cuve, this acts as a sort of disinfectant and is absolutely necessary to keep the wine in peak condition .
The small [...]

April sales have been good and the register for the cave, recording every detail, has as usual been a struggle, but I receive 10 out of ten for accuracy this time and the gruff monsieur douannier stamps the page with great authority, and when I feebly complain how difficult it is says ‘Madame you only [...]