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To Suduiraut for the first day of the Sauternes harvest

September 17th, 2009
Posted in Château Suduiraut

We have already been through the vineyard for a first trie of unbotrytised grapes to make the S de Suduiraut, but today was the first day of the main event, the picking of the botrytised grapes. Here is a picture of the first bac full of partially botrytised grapes, with, if you look carefully, the chateau [ READ MORE ]

Romaneira visit to check up on our white wine grapes

August 21st, 2009
Posted in Quinta da Romaneira

I was thrilled when we bought Romaneira to discover that we had nearly five hectares of white wine grapes planted on serious terroir. Mostly Malvasia Fina and Verdelho (or Gouveio as it is called in the Douro). This is actually quite unusual, as white grapes have not been taken very seriously in recent decades in [ READ MORE ]

A visit to the vineyard of Noval with António Agrellos, technical director, and Jose Eduardo Costa, agricultural engineer

August 18th, 2009
Posted in Quinta do Noval

Harvest is approaching, and although we take regular analyses from the various different parcels, this is a time of the year when a daily presence among the vines is necessary, to see how they are progressing, and most important, to taste the grapes. Analyses in the lab can tell you a lot of things, but [ READ MORE ]

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