Catching up with Manuel Esteban from Bodegas Montebaco…. Here in Finca Caranorte picking up the last samples to decide when to harvest. For good or bad, this is a special area within the Duero region. It is quite high, the highest part of Valladodid province. Up there it’s 900m above sea level and all the…

Eduardo Hernáiz from Hermanos Hernáiz introduces his estates in Rioja Alta – including the most famous one, Finca La Emperatriz – and harvest 2021… “The main difference in Rioja Alta is altitude. In Rioja the climate is more Mediterranean, in the East, down from Logrono river and a more continental climate near the West. Finca…

Latest harvest news from Champagne at Canard-Duchêne… The 2021 harvest “Traditionally, the harvest begins at the end of August or during September, depending on the ripeness of the grapes, and generally lasts three weeks.  The date is not chosen at random, it is the result of a proven methodology created in 1956 which allows us…

We may be confined but nature carries on and looking after the vineyards continues. Some good news at last as the vintage at Lawson’s Dry Hills in New Zealand has been fantastic! “The weather has been good throughout the season and particularly good over harvest. We now have all our fruit in and we are…

Chapter 1 Dourthe 2018 harvest gets underway 24th September 2018,     Pickers harvested the first parcel of Sauvignon blanc at Château La Garde on Wednesday 29th August, in the cool of the early morning. “After a challenging 2017, the first few months of 2018 have kept us on our toes in the vineyard. After a…