July
2008 |
July
Winery
Notes
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I always promise myself I will write more Winery Notes to keep you better informed but still I
allow time to slip by…… |
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December
2007 |
December
Winery
Notes
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I often seem to arrive at the month of December a little out of breath, just in time to post a
Winery Note before Christmas and this year is no exception. But, I tell myself, it’s good to be busy,
making wine, beginning the...
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June
2007 |
Cuvée
Alex
Mercier
Sparkling
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| The Breaky Bottom 2003 sparkling 'Cuvée Alex Mercier'
had a nice mention in The Independent of 4 April 2007, under 'The Ten Best British wines'.
The wine is...
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December
2006 |
A Wonderful
Vintage |
| The grape harvest this year has been one of
the finest I have known. Spring was cool and budburst late
but when the weather finally warmed up it stayed that way
and the vines caught up with the calendar. Late June and early
July were... |
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December
2005 |
Christmas
Winery
Notes |
| As the years go by I am able to recall each
vintage, usually attaching to something particular that marks
the season and allows it to sit in the memory. There were
two such events this year... |
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September
2005 |
Kir
Royal |
| For some time I have been considering
the possibility of creating a Kir Royal 'in-the-bottle'. Home
mixed Kir and Kir Royal often disappoints, usually because...
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March
2005 |
Rick
Stein's Food
Heroes of Britain
and a new Book by Stuart
Pigott... |
| The new Rick
Stein Guide to the Food Heroes of Britain is published on
the 17th March 2005. I am pleased to announce that Breaky
Bottom is again listed in the second edition of his directory
of the best food producers in Great Britain and Ireland... |
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December
2004 |
New
Wine
Cellar,
New Plantings,
Harvest...
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| I apologise
for the long silence. I see that I last posted Winery Notes
about a year ago, a short piece announcing the success of
the 1999 Cuvée Rémy Alexandre sparkling wine
at the English Wine Festival. It was awarded the top prize
as Best Wine of the Show. Sales of this wine are stronger
than ever and... |
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September
2003 |
Breaky
Bottom
Best Of
Show |
A piece of good
news from the Vineyard!
On the 6th & 7th September the English Wine Festival was
held at The Bently Wildfowl Trust, just north of Lewes in
East Sussex... |
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June
2003 |
A
Wonderful
Time Of
The Year
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| Welcome to
the Breaky Bottom Winery Notes. These early June days seem
pleasant enough, with reasonable temperatures and a sweet
softness in the air after some light rain. The world is full
of beautiful places but I am not to be seduced away from these
long summer evenings and the song of the blackbird in my garden.
The vines are looking good and... |
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November
2002 |
Moving
Back
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| We have been
surprised at how long it has taken to recover from the floodings
of October 2000. Having spent 25 months in a caravan whilst
the house was being reconstructed, we have finally moved
back this November. |
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Summer
2002 |
Chardonnay |
Soon after I planted
the vineyard at Breaky Bottom I set up an experimental vineyard
to trial other vine varieties. My choice was to look at all
the varieties which grow along the 600 mile length of the
Loire, from Muscadet in the West to the great Sauvignon Blanc
of Sancerre and Pouilly Fume. I included varieties such as...
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December
2001 |
Breaking
The Silence |
| These are the first Winery Notes
you have received for over a year. I apologise for this long
silence. Many of you will already know of the flooding at
Breaky Bottom which started in October 2000... |
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Summer
2000
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Wine
Celler |
| People who have visited Breaky
Bottom will know that I make wine in a fine early Ninteenth
Century Sussex Flint Barn. It is tall enough to house large
stainless steel... |
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| World
Wide Web |
| Since June 2000 Breaky Bottom has
a website. Tony Nisbett and Charlie Wiltshire of Helmstone
Communications Ltd. have designed and produced the site... |
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