Back Again, Again.

Still here in the village. Still working on the barn but with more and more distractions the work progresses ever more slowly.

Syrah

Together with two friends we took on a small vineyard of Syrah in 2017. Our first year's production was not a great success but the 2018, which we bottled this June, has really impressed everybody. We reckoned that we lost up to 10% of the grapes to badgers so we called it Délices des Blaireaux, and before anyone writes in to comment we do know that if a Frenchman calls you a blaireau he's not being complimentary.

Carignan - spot the difference

We got a total of about 500 bottles between us which sounds great but you know what they say about living over a sweet shop. We plan to put a good part of it beyond reach for a few years. Now we have a second vineyard of Carignan  which is four times the size of the first one.

The best part of the whole thing  is when you pick the grapes and celebrate with a big boozy lunch. This year we'll be able to drink our 2018 with our sausage and aioli.

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What else is there to report? Our gallery at the front of the barn is enjoying its fourth glorious year and Sue has made several sales this year. I don't have anything in there this year as the wine is taking up so much time and we've been travelling more - five weeks in California this spring plus the usual to Spain, Ireland and UK.

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If anybody's interested we're doing Airbnb

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PS I'm being ironic.