You surely enjoyed the spring-like warmth that settled in France during February… For the vine, these weather fluctuations are far from good news! Indeed, the rise in temperatures causes the vine to start its activity again, with sap rising. The prematurely sprouted buds, due to excessively mild temperatures too early, […]
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Dear wine enthusiasts, What’s happening at Châteaux Chêne-Vieux and Musset? From the moment the leaves have fallen, and before the arrival of spring, work in the vineyards focuses on pruning. The vine is a climbing plant and would grow indefinitely if it were not pruned. Carried out during the vegetative […]
As the summer holidays are in full swing, it’s time for us to do our “summer homework.” Among the administrative declarations we regularly need to make, we report our stock to customs every month so they can monitor the excise duties on every bottle of wine sold. Excise duty is […]