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Thursday, 09 February 2012 13:26

Planting Chardonnay 2012!

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Written by Ruth Simpson

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Minus 4 and Planting Chardonnay! On a bitterly cold Sunday morning, the planting team arrives at Sainte Rose, ready to plant 4 hectares of Chardonnay. It is the coldest day of the winter so far, at minus 4 degrees Centigrade and no one looks very enthusiastic! The sun is out however and once moving, the team makes excellent progress using their GPS-guided tractor to plant perfectly straight rows of young vines. Happily it has not been cold enough over a sufficiently long period of time to freeze the soil. The planting machine is also capable of giving the young…

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Vinisud February 2012!

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Written by Ruth Simpson

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Vinsud 2012! Show Time! Every two years, the eyes of the wine industry turn to the Languedoc for the Vinisud wine show (dates are 20-22 February 2012). This growing event is a fixed piece in the Sainte Rose diary and this year you will find us conveniently located (very close to the main entrance!) in Hall 1 on stand A8, which is in the IGP Cotes de Thongue producers’ area. We are excited that we will be able to show a few wines from the very latest vintage at this event, with Le Marin Blanc 2011 and our…

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8th January Sunday Times

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Written by Charles Simpson

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8th of January Sunday Times The Domaine Sainte Rose La Garrigue 2009 received a nice write up in 8th of January, 2012 Sunday Times article by Bob Tyrer.