Bordeaux. The ‘Confrères’ arrived yesterday … 31 of all the thousands of such friends who have enabled us to grow Chateau La Clarière – the tiny vineyard where I started – to the most important in the area. How? They reliably […]
It was 58 years ago today, I first arrived in Bordeaux. I suppose that make me old? Today I arrive and the heat is the same. Touching 40C this week. Very happy to get into our cool […]
Our Platinum Street Party got most of Peppard’s 1600 population out feasting together again on Top Common, luckily in the sun. Then singing around the beacon after dark. Way more than we expected and a slight problem for Barbara, […]
Last night we shared a dozen Whitstable oysters. Rather small ones, so I added some fried sausages like Madame Cassin used to in Bordeaux, long ago; the local tradition. Unlikely combination; hot sausage and cold oyster, but it works. […]
The Theale office has returned to something like normal. There are people here again. People I’ve not seen for two years except on a screen. There are hugs …. some quite emotional people […]
When any wine on our list gets down to that last remaining pallet our warehouse manager emails me, and other winos in the office. To him, he’s got a problem. Just a few boxes on a pallet … waste of […]
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