2011 has been a very peculiar year.  Throughout the year, virtually all of France’s wine regions were reporting very advanced vine growth and early harvests (Bordeaux, Loire, Languedoc among others), and some of those predictions came true while other areas are now reporting perfectly normal harvest dates. Some people are harvesting early Some readers never [...]

Customer review of Domaine O’Vineyards Trah Lah Lah 2008: Posted by Dale Timewell-Davis on 11:32 09/05/2011 Comment on: Domaine O’Vineyards Trah Lah Lah 2008 I can’t remember the last time I bought a bottle of French red, my own opinion is that you can getter better value for money elsewhere. Did I say is? I [...]

Jancis just wrote a very cleverly titled article “11 into 33 does go” (you have to subscribe to read the whole thing).  This is more than just a simple math question.  It’s a reference to French department numbers.  11 is Aude (Languedoc) and 33 is Gironde (Bordeaux).  And this article talks about the sad truth [...]

After the recent france.fr fiasco, a lot of my winemaking peers have been teasing me for France’s total inability to get on with the 21st century.  To summarize, France FINALLY got itself a national website (france.fr) and did a big launch party on Bastille Day.  Maybe they should have picked a less volatile holiday that [...]