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Lou Cayla’s ‘new’ winery

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Springtime in and around the vineyard

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Postcard from India

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Lou Cayla’s production in 2012 was a miniscule 843 bottles, not enough to make great inroads in export markets. So imagine our surprise when we got some lovely feedback on our 2012 Syrah-Carignan…

Pruning

Pruning and tying in Syrah One of the advantages about having such a small acreage of vines is that you can choose to prune only when the weather is nice.  March has been glorious so far –  sunny and 20°C,…

Work starts on our ‘new’ winery

New winery for Domaine Lou Cayla Today is a very important day. Work started on our new winery. Or, more accurately, on the renovation project to turn an earthern floored, stone barn into a functioning, clean winery. The barn has…

Pruning

Pruning Carignan Today we started on one of the most important annual vineyard tasks – pruning. Important because it is a major determinant of yield and of the way the vine grows during the season and the position of shoots,…

Quality Control at Domaine Lou Cayla

Friday the 13th. A perfect day for a quality control exercise. Tasting random bottles of Lou Cayla 2012, taken from different cases to check the consistency of the closure (procork). Happy to report that all the bottles were consistent, free…

Getting tanked up at Sitevi

Window shopping for winery equipment We trotted off to Montpellier yesterday and spent a thoroughly enjoyable day at SITEVI, a bi-annual fair which showcases the very latest agricultural and winery equipment. This was good timing as we plan to transform…

Saffron harvest

Harvesting saffron at Domaine Lou Cayla We’ve done the grape harvest, now it’s time to bring in the saffron crop, using the most junior members of the team. The crocus flowers smell absolutely wonderful, of honey rather than saffron. Each…