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The Ripening Sun - a winemakers journey
In 1990, Patricia Atkinson and her husband James left successful jobs in London, sold everything and moved to the Bergerac region in France prepared to live the dream.... 'four hectares of vineyard, a rambling house, village life. There'd be the book, the sequel, the movie, the television documentary.....' Not quite. The Patricia and James idyll began to unravel about week three...
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Do Old Vines make Better Wine?
Generally, grape vines reach their optimal yield of grapes between 10 and 30 years of age. As vines get older they tend to yield less and this often leads to better wine from these vines.
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