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Another chilly but beautiful day here in Noizay, I spent most of the morning at Chateau de Montdomaine coordinating orders.

First things first, a lovely long walk through the vineyards this sunny Sunday morning.

All systems go at Domaine Vincent Careme this morning. Le Clos 2019 is being bottled so I’m off to take some pics and capture the moment.

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.

Teint is a French word and it means tint, dye, stain. A cépage teinturier is a grape variety that stains, dyes or tints. So what makes that different?

You know when you wake up in the morning and already can’t wait for bedtime again? That was me this morning. A large cup of tea – and back to bed.

It occurred to me this morning that I have been wearing the same clothes for the past 6 weeks. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been washing them.

This is a really delicious beetroot salad that comes from Ottolenghi’s book Simple.

We both prefer the dark meat, preferring the juicy, tender leg meat to the breast so last night I decided to spice up the remaining breasts! Here what you need to do make a lovely spicy mid-week dinner that requires little work and really hits the spot. 

Vines in the region are weeping as they come out of dormancy. Baby vines are already at the wooly bud stage but more established and older vines are not.

3 weeks after moving in, we’re finally beginning to make some progress. The cardboard boxes are unpacked and the salon and tasting room are decorated.

You might think that not much goes on in the vineyard in December but in fact it can often be a busy month. There are lots of tasks that need to be tackled.