John and Nicole Bojanowski are wine growers in the village of St. Jean-de-Minervois at Clos du Gravillas. The village is known for its swee...
DOMAINE BELLES PIERRES
It has been a while since I have visited Damien Coste of Domaine Belles Pierres outside the village of Murviel-les-Montpellier. He has had ...
AWARD WINNING WINES FROM THE LANGUEDOC
I should have been driving to Chablis today, but given the stories about barricaded power stations; lengthy queues at petrol stations and op...
RIVESALTES FOR DINNER WITH DOMAINE CAZES
I couldn’t resist an invitation to dinner at the Galvin Bistro on Baker Street, as a guest of Lionel Lavail from Domaine Cazes, especially w...
SCION - A PIECE OF VINOUS HISTORY
What’s the oldest wine you’ve ever tasted or drunk? I can claim a few elderly Madeiras – it is after all the most long-lived of all wines a...
OLD VINE CARIGNAN - IN CHILE
What do the Languedoc and Chile have in common? Answer: – they both have old Carignan vines. I would not immediately associate Chile with ...
THE LANGUEDOC ON THE HIGH STREET
The autumn tasting season is in full swing. The Languedoc was conspicuous at Sainsbury’s by its absence. Marks and Spencer were not showing...
ABSOLUTELY CRACKING WINES FROM FRANCE
This is a great tasting as it shows some of the best of France for sheer enjoyable drinkability. Each year Sopexa asks about twenty of us w...
MAS FABREGOUS
Mas Fabregous is one of the northernmost estates of the Terrasses du Larzac. It is well signposted out of the village of Soubès, with viney...
DOMAINE LES FILLES DE SEPTEMBRE
A chance encounter with Françoise Géraud on the Top 100 Vins de Pays stand at the London Wine Trade Fair led me to visit Domaine les Filles ...
MAS DE L'ECRITURE - a wine to age
Pascal Fulla from Mas de l’Ecriture did not have a good day yesterday. He was in London for the tasting of his new agents, Dudley & de...
BACK TO MAS GABRIEL
I went back to Mas Gabriel later in the week, for some more wine-making experiences. This time it was my introduction to the art of pigeage...
A CELLAR RAT AT MAS GABRIEL
I had great fun one afternoon earlier this week, helping my friends Deborah and Peter, with their first décuvage of the harvest. It was Sy...
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