This may not come as a revelation to many, but I think the main problem with French wine is CONFUSION, much of which is intentional. 1) Too many small appellations which confuse us about what…
We did not intend to buy Angora goats, it just happened. We were visiting a farm in the Dordogne in order to buy a couple of llamas for our land on the outskirts of Ceret.…
Domaine de la Perdrix – Trouillas Outside the Domaine de la Perdrix in Trouillas is parked a large white van across the front of which PERDRIX EXPRESS is written. And when you meet Andre and…
So you’ve watched one of those “Place in the Sun” or “No Going Back” programs about a British family who decide to become French Vignerons. What’s the truth behind the dream? It’s true that anyone…
Bottling Wine by Jonathan Hesford People don’t realise the amount of thought and work that goes on behind putting wine into a bottle. Here’s an overview of the process at Domaine Treloar, but it applies…
Jonathan tells of the next stages after the grape picking…. The harvest went very well, considering we had only completed the refrigeration system the day before and didn’t have any electricity on the first morning!…