The long flight back to Australia is always a great time to reflect on what the Paradise Rescued team has achieved over the last 12 months. The results are very impressive wherever one looks. It was great to be able to spend time with Pascale, Albane and Nathalie, thanking them for their leadership and discussing […]
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I am sad to report that earlier this week we said farewell to one of Paradise Rescued’s greatest fans and, for me personally, a wonderful mentor, coach and best friend. Your memory inspires us to succeed even more. Thank you Dad for everything. Pascale is back in the vines. The new season has begun and […]
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The patron has had his first taste!! The 2010 Paradise Rescued Cabernet Franc has been sampled from the barriques. Wow, wow, wow. The colour is stunning with a young fresh deep pale ruby red that one gets from a well made and beautifully macerated Cab Franc. As you swirl the gorgeous wine and lift the […]
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Welcome to 2011. Paradise Rescued wishes all our readers, fans and team good health, happiness and every success in the New Year. Make your dreams come true!! The year is off to a great start! Firstly, it is fantastic to be back in Cardan and see the amazing work that our team has carried out […]
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Our Christmas present has been arrived!! Our lovely first web site http://www.paradiserescued.com/ is now live. We hope you enjoy reading it and learning about our business, our wine, our team and our plans. It is our first effort to create another special part of this project. I am sure we will add to it and […]
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As 2010 comes to an end, it is an interesting time to reflect. This time last year, there was just a small patch of vines. With the help of an amazing team, a supportive community and masses of encouragement from fans and friends, we have our first wine, a wonderful plan for the future and […]
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Our 2010 harvest volume has been declared to French customs on Wednesday night – never an easy process when you do it for the first time. But, we are now registered for the future. The Customs team at Langon were very kind and patient. Thank you. We are big fans of Rockford Wines in the […]
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Our oak barrels – “barriques” to be exact, each with a volume of 225 litres – arrived into the winery last week. We are using one year old barriques as we feel that new barrels would overpower our young Cabernet Franc wine. Each barrel has been carefully selected and supplied by Tonnellerie Baron from leading […]
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The October edition of Revue du Vin de France contained an interesting interview with the owner of Ch. Grand-Puy Ducasse, 5th Classed Growth property in Pauillac, Medoc – a star chateau in Bordeaux. I was somewhat stunned by the similarities of what they do and how they make their wine to what Paradise Rescued has […]
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Thank you to David2 for standing in for me last weekend whilst I was away. And for the very kind words he wrote about Paradise Rescued. One of the greatest pleasures of this project is watching the personal development of our “team” members as we move forward and realise higher levels of quality, excellence and […]
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