Little white clouds in the blue today; means the weather will stay nice. Clear blue here means there will be storms … that can wreck vineyards. So we like the white puff balls up there. The gentle breeze is good too. Cleansing for grapes and vines.
Very little sound. Tractors spraying but vine rows act as baffles on sound. The odd car. Dogs barking to each other across the valley. Flies. Church bells on the hour.
We lie here on the first work-free day of the Summer. (Half our office follows us here nowadays which makes it nice and lively but, like everyone, we crave a break before the autumn rigours).
Sipping a cold dry Chenin from Montlouis. Suburbs of Tours. Valley of the Cher. Been years since I was there but I asked Charles and Flipper Sydney to send some bottles from their patch – the Loire – for our summer. Good one, Charles.
Yesterday's hit was a fantastic St Chinian white courtesy Andrée Ferrandiz in the Midi. Very nice one, that. I've also some Burgundies chosen by Bernard Derain. Our friends have done us proud. But it’s not just pure pleasure. We will report back to Justin and Abi and who knows, they may be on our list soon.
All these, plus the latest delights from Le Chai au Quai and the choice of 100 Castillons up at Le Comptoir St Genes ... We are spoilt.
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