See how you can now see the stem of the vine after all the extra growth was taken off.

Grape set looking good

This is what the vines look like now, 1st July 2008.

Our job now is to take off all unwanted growth, so to allow all the goodness to go into the grape.

I like this job as you see instant results

Look at the next picture - Sarah

Weeding!! The Natural Way!!

you can see we are green,we do it not just talk about it!!!

Many vineyards are now talking about their green credentials and a common quote is "we use chemicals wisely and have adopted the lutte raisonee approach" .Well we should all use chemicals wisely because they cost a lot of money and miss use could harm the vines or other crops close by! With our weeding taking place by using a pellenc weeding machine when conditions allow and when not ,weeding is done by hand!!! This attention to detail means the soil below our vines doesn't look like an arid desert .

These beautiful wild orchids prove a point!!

Lacock the peacock March & April Weather in the Vineyards

"Lacock " The Peacock taking a moment to dry out on the old wine pump (each turn of the wheel = one litre of wine , the wine vats held upto 11500 litres!!)

March turn out like we said cold wet and horrible!!

April has hit us with its showers!!!

Winter Sunshine In The Vines

Its nearly mid feb and no snow yet,so the prunning is going well. The cabernet franc behind the house is finished with just the dead wood to remove and then tie down.

When the weather is like this you can't beat it. We are sure that some really cold weather will arrive before winter is over,probably late Feb early March but we will just wait and see?

2007 Mulled wine on the market

Karen and Linda raised 170 euros for charity (Odyssea)