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We spent a couple of hours with Juliette and Peter Hahn on Saturday as they prepare for the 2019 harvest. The 2018 will be bottled tomorrow.

Haute Valeur Environnementale is a new certification that encourages and recognises efforts made by vine growers to work with respect to the environment.

It’s a while since we opened a bottle of Savennieres as we’ve been immersing ourselves in the wines of Vouvray and Montlouis-sur-Loire since we moved east.

Just a few more pics of grapes that have suffered badly with all the heat this summer. These grapes won’t be picked for making wine as there is no juice.

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.

Boa Moa is a delightful example of something a little offbeat. 100% Sauvignon Rose, this colour mutation of Sauvignon makes beautifully aromatic wines.

Made from raw milk in the Haute Garonne department in the south of France, the goat’s have roamed freely among the garrigue (the dense scrubland found in Mediterranean regions covered with wild plants and herbs).

Celeriac is a very underused vegetable. It’s delicious both raw as in the classic celeriac remoulade and braised as I have done here with orange juice.

A couple of weeks ago we spent the afternoon with local winemaker friends. Everyone brought along an interesting bottle to share.

This is a great dish for a summer’s day. A simple dish, transformed by the quality of the ingredients so we only make it when the tomatoes are in season.

After the sediment has been removed, the bottle is topped up with a mixture of wine and sugar. This is the ‘dosage’ and the amount of sugar varies.

These delicious, smoky, pork kebabs can be prepared in advance and then popped on the barbecue or under the grill when you want them.