I just saw off the last of my Cabernet Day friends.  It’s been a real blast. Seeing Local Winemakers 2010 was a really heartwarming Cabernet Day because it was one of the first events I organized to really get a great deal of support from local grape growers and winemakers.  I was worried about 2011 [...]

TripAdvisor users who look for “Things to Do” in the Languedoc Roussillon region are presented with a top 3 attractions list, and Domaine O’Vineyards is the number 1 attraction on that list!  We also placed #1 on the complete list of 174 things to do in Languedoc Roussillon. What is TripAdvisor TripAdvisor is the world’s [...]

Carcassonne and the surrounding area are very popular travel destinations because of the charm, character and history of the region.  Rather than staying at a cookie-cutter hotel when you visit Carcassonne, consider taking advantage of some of the incredibly unique accommodations available in the area. Obviously if you’re looking for holiday accommodation on a vineyard, [...]

I just had a spectacular hike to the Chateaux de Lastours last night where we had a picnic and watched the sunset. One of my buddies at ESC Dijon’s wine commerce program stayed at the B&B this week with his girlfriend. And Gabriella Opaz came up from Barcelona too. Everybody asked me how they could [...]

I managed to take some pictures yesterday.  Lots of photos of the Syrah and Cabernet finishing veraison.  That’s the period when the plant turns the grapes purple. I also found some baby birds newly hatched in the Syrah! For more pictures of grapes turning purple, check out this Love That Languedoc post about veraison in [...]

Cabernet Day is coming up on September 1, 2011 and O’Vineyards is going to be a French HQ for this International celebration of Cabernet grapes. Domaine O’Vineyards 885 Ave de la Montagne Noire 11620 Villemoustaussou Cabernet Day Entrée libre 1 Septembre De 18h-24h (pour synchroniser avec les États Unis) Ambiance amicale Grignotage, Beaucoup de Vin. [...]

This post is meant to dispel a rumor that is circulating about the CIVL’s three tier hierarchy.  The rumor is that they have abandoned the hierarchy entirely.  I was shocked to read this so I sent emails to their press agency and the folks at the CIVL that I usually deal with. The short version [...]

Domaine O’Vineyards has been listed in the top 3 attractions of the Languedoc Roussillon, and we’re very proud. More and more people are taking the winery tour and they’re sharing their lovely vineyard travel experiences with the world wide web. Being ranked that well means that we’re also mentioned on the general Languedoc Roussillon page [...]

This post is about one of the round table discussions from VinoCamp Languedoc in March 2011.  I hesitate to label it as “wine blogger ethics” since that’s a big subject.  Miss Glouglou proposed and led the roundtable topic, and she had a more specific idea about what we’d discuss.  We set out to address the [...]

VinoCamp Languedoc was full of interesting conversations.  One of the round table discussions, led by ethiquettes.fr, was about sharing success stories and fail stories of winemakers going online. This session might itself be seen as a success story (or a fail story).  On the success side, I think it’s remarkable how many winemakers were present [...]