We are always cautious in the early phases of a wine’s development. Humility, rather than brash promises about a young wine and what we think we may have achieved, is a better value for a business or brand. The contrasts with season 2021 couldn’t be more pronounced. 2021 was characterised as a cool wet difficult […]
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We are excited to announce our Paradise Rescued Double Sustainability Experience visit and tour at Cardan. From June 6th , with the permission of our commune of Cardan, a new Paradise Rescued visit / tour – Double Sustainability Experience – will commence, allowing visitors to walk through both vineyards plus winery and take a guided visit […]
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It only takes a couple of hours and a couple of degrees below zero and the dreams of a whole wine vintage are gone. Big expensive mitigation exercises like helicopters to keep the air circulating through the vineyards or hundreds of giant industrial candles in the rows of vines only work in part. I understand […]
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The Bordeaux Wine evidence is in. It’s Not About the Dirt! Separated by just a ten metre vineyard access-way on the top of the Hourcat plateau in Cardan Bordeaux two vineyards meet. Both grow side by side on the same soil in the same microclimate with the same geography. Essentially, they have exactly the same […]
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Europe is having a (really) hot summer. Tragic fires have torched parts of Greece. Many parts of southern Europe are starting to resemble Australia in prolonged heat and temperature. The global warm-up continues. And in the vineyards? The heat is (full) on in Bordeaux! 2018 is shaping up as a year of incredible contrast. In […]
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I can’t think of a better time of year than the summer solstice in a Bordeaux vineyard. And right now, I am completely jealous of some friends now who are holidaying at the Paradise Rescued property and winery in Cardan Bordeaux. And who keep sending me lots of lovely photos taken from the kitchen terrace […]
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As we approach the middle of Bordeaux Vintage 2018 with the longest days and light, we thought it would be a good idea to update our fans and readers with the news about the vintage so far. And what better way to do that, than to invite Paradise Rescued Founder Director David Stannard to tell […]
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I am just back from a rapid ten days in our vineyard / winery in beautiful Cardan, Bordeaux. I like one liners to describe a current status or situation. In the vineyards of Bordeaux, there is one word (expressed three times for emphasis) that best summarises things at the moment. Yes, it is that – […]
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Innovative niche certified organic Bordeaux winery Paradise Rescued will open its doors in March this year. In partnership with winalist.co, this award winning winery will, for the first time ever, be open for visits and direct sales at its winery door in the village of Cardan, just five minutes drive away from the historic riverside […]
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I have just had the pleasure of writing our final end of year letter to our Club Paradise Rescued members around the world. We are truly very fortunate to have such a kind group of people who want to support our mission and love our wine plus what we do. In that letter, I took […]
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