I first met Françoise Ollier when I was researching my book on the Wines of the south of France and she was secretary of the syndicat of the...
A TREAT AT LE MIMOSA
My sister-in-law and her best friend came to stay. Both are what the French would so elegantly describe as une bonne fourchette and they wa...
LAURENT MIQUEL AT DOMAINE DES AUZINES
Laurent Miquel has a new project. He is better known for award winning Viognier and Syrah from his family estate of Château Cazal Viel in th...
KATIE JONES IN MAURY
I caught up with Katie Jones (see an earlier blog) in her vineyard in Maury, in the heart of the Pyrenées-Orientales. It is wonderful - vin...
THE OPTIMISM OF NEW WINE GROWERS - VIN DE LA GRANGE ET TERRES EN COULEURS
There were some pretty depressing headlines for wine growers in the Midi Libre last month – La désespérante dégringolade du revenu des vitic...
MAS D'AMILE IN MONTPEYROUX
I love following the progress of new young wine growers. I first tasted Amélie d’Hurlaborde’s wine at the bi-annual fête in Montpeyroux la...
DOMAINE DU PAS DE L'ESCALETTE
Julian Zernott and Delphine Rousseau have been steadily developing their estate in one of the most northern and coolest parts of the Langued...
AN IMMERSION IN THE LANGUEDOC
Our tasting group came to stay. We are a group of six, three and a half Masters of Wine – you trying taking a tasting exam with hay fever –...
PRIEURE DE ST. JEAN DE BEBIAN
I’ve been visiting the Prieuré de St. Jean de Bébian regularly since the mid-1980s. Back then it was the property of a maverick wine maker,...
A SHOCK - going thirsty at Montpellier Airport
There is a large sign at Montpellier airport, welcoming you to the largest vineyard in the world. And most of the publicity boards are wine...
WINE IN THE ARIEGE
And now back to the Ariège, as promised a couple of postings ago. Unlike the Languedoc, the harvest there will not start until early Octobe...
PICKING GRAPES
There was a bit of a panic on Monday morning this week, as storms were forecast for the following day. Some people hadn’t yet started the h...
WHITE WINE AT MAS GABRIEL
It’s early September and the harvest in the Languedoc is getting going. Our friends Deborah and Peter at Mas Gabriel in Caux picked their w...
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