According to a brand-new information, the 2021 wine crop in Provence seems to be pretty good, at least in terms of volume! In my last newsletter a month ago, I feared that...
The weather this year has really disadvantaged the winegrowers in France and so also in Provence. Frost, fire, hail and even turtles that make it worse. How will the wine vintage 2021...
It has been dry in Provence, so dry that in 18 municipalities in the Alpes-Maritimes department there is now an irrigation ban for the month of August. Last weekend there was also...
Time to buy and store French wines?! Just over a week ago, the whole of France was hit by extremely cold weather which will very sharply reduce this year’s harvest of grapes...
News from the Provencal wine world so you can keep up to date with what’s happening: Today, 200,000 tonnes of cork bark are harvested per year for wine corks where the big...
The cold weather from northern Europe has now also affected many parts of Europe, including southern France and northern Italy. From having a week with temperatures around 25 degrees Celsius, the night...
What kind of weird wine is this? Well, it is a wine that was created after a terrible hailstorm that hit Château Roquefort in Provence just north of the town of Cassis....
I would not like to be a winegrower in Provence – risk of losing my life due to angry neighbours! At 3 in the morning on July 17, 2020, winemaker Fabrice Brun...
Cooked wine, it does not sound particularly fresh, but then you, like most other wine connoisseurs, have not tried the Provencal specialty “Vin Cuit”, i.e. cooked wine. Vin Cuit is a dessert...
Watch the VIDEO from this year’s manual grape harvest at Domaine Rabiega in Côtes de Provence, which was completed in early September when 4.5 tonnes of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were harvested in...