May Day….& it’s raining again!
By Patrick Sandeman on 01/05/2012
May Day, it's raining again and with forecasters predicting yet another wet month ahead of us, surely this must already the wettest drought on record? It certainly feels like it.
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Le Petit Roy – Boy Oh Boy!
By Patrick Sandeman on 12/04/2012
I made this simple Vin de France wine of the week after glugging almost an entire bottle of it on my own one evening this week! One of Charles' new finds in the Rhône valley, from a relatively unknown and very small producer in Châteaneuf (although they do make it into Bob Parker's Wine Advocate), 'Le Petit Roy' is simply a Vin de France because it is made up of eveything that does not make it into the Châteaneuf cuvées, and as such carries no vintage on the label, only '11eme année' which is a clue I guess.
2010 Vintage Reports – a short word from the Rhone
By Charles Lea on 06/10/2010
Christelle Coulange reports 2010 vendanges in stress-free conditions