I have been so lucky these last two days to have been able to divert my travel plans briefly into beautiful Cardan before heading off to Germany. As always, the time passed too quickly, but every second was worth the diversion. So what’s going on in Cardan? First of all the weather was amazing. It […]
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What can we achieve? What is possible? As I prepare to leave Paris for Dubai and Melbourne, there is so much to reflect on from the last few days. So I am wondering how much to write now and what to leave for next time. I could write a small essay really on what has […]
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With the very big news from last week about our participation in #CabernetDay announced, this week we can now bring you the other big news that we deferred! Our mission is to protect the heritage of our beautiful village of Cardan France, sustain its rural community, to produce fine high quality Bordeaux wines and to […]
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The last ten days have been wet and cold in Cardan. In fact, this has been the first decent period of rain since last November! Although our vines have survived the dry spell very well – thanks to Pascale’s excellent work and our organic strategy – the rain is very welcome and will now finally […]
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As we have reached the middle of the growing season, it seems like a great time to bring you an update from the vineyard. Pascale sends us regular emails and feedback and Albane has just visited the vineyard in her capacity as Organic Viticultural Adviser. Overall we are in good shape at this point of […]
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After much reflection and thought, we have finally found and decided on the bottle for our 2010 Cabernet Franc. A key part of our quality and marketing strategies has been the goal to deliver a quality product at every step but also to create something different that will give our customers a unique experience. A […]
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More beautiful sunshine in Cardan. At the moment it is like summer here and the vines are now growing very quickly. Pascale and I have together inspected every row of the Hourcat Sud block. The main stems that she retained from the pruning have now been tied horizontally to the trellis and the young green […]
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I have just come inside – it’s 9.30pm and still warmer outside than in after an amazing day. There is still a lovely mild fragrance of garlic in the kitchen following a simple French style meal. The sun slowly sank out of the sky as I once again tasted one of my reference wines… Sadly, […]
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There have been a couple of birthdays this week but none more important for us than the first birthday of our Facebook page! More than 80% of all businesses don’t make it to their first birthday and from what I observe, most Facebook pages never live that long also!! So congratulations to Nathalie, Lauren and […]
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The best thrilling news this week is the announcement of Sarah Goldblatt’s engagement. Sarah is the developer of our beautiful Paradise Rescued web site. Congratulations Sarah and Andy, with all our best wishes for your future life together. As most of our fans know, we always like to report good news! If the news is […]
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