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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update. 20 September.
Harvest continued this week at Domaine Carême. On Monday the grapes for Fizzy Pink came in under blue skies with hot temperatures.
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update. 13 September.
This week has been a whirlwind of hot days and happy pickers sweeping from one plot to another, bringing in the grapes for the 2020 vintage.
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update. 6th September 2020.
The week started with very sad news. The sudden death of Frederic Mabileau, reknowned top quality winemaker in St Nicolas de Bourgueil.
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update. 30th August 2020.
This week seems to have been a week of eating and drinking. Well no change there you might say. And you’d be right to a certain extent.
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update. 23rd August 2020.
We’re off! Harvest has started in the Loire and the grapes are coming in. The earliest harvest in living memory for many.
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update 16th August.
Well, we can pretty much say our 2020 season is finished. Borders to the USA remain closed and this week the UK has introduced quarantine.
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update. 9th August 2020.
Another hot and sunny week in the Loire. The vineyards are quiet and one by one, the growers are leaving for their summer holidays before harvest begins.
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update 2nd August 2020.
It’s been a hot week in the Loire with us chasing the shade during the day and eating inside until the sun goes down.
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Life in the Loire after lock down. Weekly update 26th July 2020.
It almost felt like I was back at work this week. Two great visits to taste wine and see growers – one that we know from long ago and another new one.
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update 19th July 2020.
Kettle on, tea made, I open the door to let the cat in and what do I see? Two kittens playing on the grass. Two, no three, no four, no five.
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update 12th July 2020.
This week I’ve been looking at changes in climate in recent years and the impact that has had upon viticulture (particularly here in the Loire).
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Life in the Loire after lock-down. Weekly update 5th July 2020.
The baby swallows have finally left the nest. Pesto, Bigi and Monza have been on rotational sentry duty for the past couple of weeks hoping to catch one.
