Christine Vernay was on holiday in Missouri when she got the call. It was August 12 2003 and the French vineyard owner was not due to return home for 10 days; the harvest on her Rhône valley estate would begin in late September. But then a friend from Condrieu called her husband’s mobile phone. “The [...]
Archive for September, 2009
French wine and the danger of a warmer climate
Posted in acclimatizing, Travelling, tagged climate change, climate change and wine, domaine vernay, financial times, french wine on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bon Iver Forever
Posted in Listening, tagged bon iver, for emma forever ago on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I got a bit of a shock the last time I decided to check out the 25 most played list on my ipod. In the two years that I’ve owned it, a number of key tracks have jostled for space there; every so often I’d download an album or a few songs, and from those, [...]
