Wishing all our friends and club members a very Happy Easter 2019. May your weekend be full of great food, fabulous wine and family.
I made these hot cross buns today. A firm family favourite when the children were little, we toasted them and then slathered them with melted butter. A taste of the past.
Bad news from the UK. The vineyard where Nigel worked before we moved to France suffered terrible frost damage a few nights ago. 90-100% damage.
Beautiful, beautiful spring weather this weekend in the Loire. Full sunshine and temperatures of around 17° in Vouvray made it feel like early summer.
Peter and Julette Hahn’s tiny estate in the heart of the Vouvray appellation in the winemaking village of Vernou sur Brenne is rather special.
This is a lovely summer salad. Make it when all the ingredients are tasting at their best and it’s hard to beat on a hot day in the garden.
I mentioned that growers have been leaving pruning late to avoid the risk of frost and that some are pruning in 2 passes.
It’s easy to see the effects of climate change here in the Loire valley. Over the past 20 years we’ve had more heat and more frost.
