“There is always a moment of great anticipation, even after 30 hours of non-stop travel! That moment arrives as you drive out of the small town of Paillet off the main road on the right bank of the Garonne that links Cadillac to Langoiran and the easterly Bordeaux Rocade ring. As you leave the town, […]
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[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Let me start with a big thank you to Paradise Rescued customer and brand ambassador extraordinaire Victor Caune who together with the University of Melbourne Centre of Workplace Leadership kindly organised […]
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“Throwing money at assets doesn’t make a business! In fact that’s an approach I have often observed creates the worst of businesses, if they indeed succeed! By mid summer 2009, we were the proud owners of half a garden and three quarters of a block of vineyard. It all sounds sort of grand when you […]
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The countdown is on again! #CabernetDay celebration is just over two weeks away. #CabernetDay is the annual festival of social media celebration for all Cabernet wines. A lot of wine grape varietals have “adopted” a day to market their uniqueness. There is a global Malbec, Grenache, Merlot day and probably a good few more too… […]
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Really? Yes, it’s true! And I understand that anyone and everyone reading our blog would think that the main reason for our existence as a Bordeaux wine company would be to produce one of the best Cabernet Franc wines in Bordeaux. And indeed we do want to do just that. But you see that’s an […]
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[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] The heat rolls on in sunny summer Bordeaux. And véraison (colour change) is here, changing the skins of our lovely Merlot and Cabernet Franc grapes to black red. The count down […]
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[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Just a thought! Happily I have plenty of them all the time. Occasionally, I have a really good one so let’s run this one by you. For a long time, the […]
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Ok, so Cabernet Franc is not a top 10 global wine grape varietal, but it is in the top 20 and rising. And it will rise further as the world slowly retreats from the “big red” very full bodied often over-ripe high alcohol tastes in favour of more expressive and subtle varietal red wines. And […]
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[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Wow, I almost missed it! Well actually I didn’t miss it as I knew it was imminent. And the big event is… the fifth birthday of our Paradise Rescued blog! It seems […]
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We are just finishing the design for our first book which we are planning to release in the next couple of months. It has been fascinating journey to document our story thus far and reflect on all those challenging times, the moments of seeming despair and the celebrations that finally resulted. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ […]
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