Winemaking

Veraison: when grapes turn from green to red Véraison, is the French term for the change of colour of the grapes that is used by English speaking winegrowers – usually spelt without the accent as [...]

Update on Cork versus Screwcap and a take on DIAM versus SUBR A recent exchange with a WSET diploma student was aprompt to do an update on my original cork vs screwcap blog post. We love cork [...]

Harvest 2022 – fun and laughter to ease the stress See HARVEST 2023 NEWS HERE. Season 2022 was marked with extremes. First frost and hail If you follow Feely farm newsletters and blog posts [...]

Fires in Gironde- smoke in Saussignac A few of our subscribers have asked whether the fires in the region are effecting us so this is a quick post with an update. The fires in Gironde (near [...]

Harvest 2021 – Intense and nail biting – photo journal Feely vineyard Hurrah! and another Hurrah! Harvest 2021 is safely in the winery. We started on 6 September with merlot for [...]

How is sparkling wine made? In many ways We all love the opening pop (or ‘prsst’ when it is opened gently and safely) and the spirit of celebration that goes with this style of wine. A sparkling [...]

Harvest whirlwind In this post Caro Feely shares some photos and impressions of harvest 2020. We started almost a week earlier than ever and finished a week earlier than ever. Whirlwind is the [...]

Annual Bottling in the time of Corona If you have read Caro Feely’s memoir series you know that preparing for bottling and actual bottling are one of the most stressful moments of our year. [...]

What is organic farming? Simply put it is: – no chemical fertilisers – no herbicides or chemical weedkiller – no systemic pesticides (no systemic insecticides and no systemic [...]

Great Wine Capitals – International Conference wine, environment and society The conference on wine, environment and society on 5 November 2019, created by the Great Wine Capitals team with [...]