Evening in St Emilion

Plenty of rain here over the last week, I gather almost on par with Ireland. Even hailstones on two occasions! Hailstones are especially worrying for winemakers at this time of year as they will decimate the grapes when big enough. I have seen hailstones the size of golf balls and witnessed the damage they cause first hand, thankfully on this occasion way to small.

It is 8pm and 26 degrees. The weather is supposed to get much warmer over the weekend, 30+ degrees and plenty of sun. It‘s also really windy for this time of year, earlier to my utter dismay, whilst sitting on the balcony, having a nice cup of tea, my chocolate biscuits were blown off their plate and into the garden below. Back out to the balcony now to have dinner; fresh organic vegetable pasta with a nicely chilled bottle of Mas du Novi Rose.

I’m driving to the Douro Valley in the morning for a week of Port and wine tasting, and then onto the city of Porto for a few more days of port tasting. This job just gets tougher and tougher! Will keep you posted.