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...
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