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Weathering the wines organically

5/9/2013

6 Comments

 
September so far has been unusually hot in the Perigord and the winemakers are crossing their fingers that the sunshine lasts through the rest of the month, which should mean an excellent vintage this year. 

The cold spring and rains in June and early July had worried them, but while the harvest will be late, it should be very good indeed. The one great fear is the storms that usually come with the equinox around September 21. 

My Green friends are also worrying, because more and more winemakers in the region are going bio and avoiding pesticides and chemical treatments. But if we get heavy rains later this month and not enough wind and sun to dry the grapes, they fear that an outbreak mildew of mildew could provoke an anti-bio backlash. And while sulphur dust in limited quantities is approved for organic farmers, they prefer to use something more bio. 

Some are experimenting with diluted milk as a preventive and others are using a solution of water and garlic. Put one whole bulb of garlic in a litre of water with a few drops of liquid soap for a day, then strain it and dilute in with ten times as much water and spray. It works in our vegetable garden.
6 Comments
Deborah Laing
19/9/2013 05:59:54 am

It has gone cooler and a lot wetter in this area of France and we have not had much sunshine, though it is supposed to become hotter after this weekend. I love your Bruno novels and have. just got my husband reading the first one, in French. Have any of the others been translated into French? We have a property near Sarlat and I have exchanged e-mails with your wife regarding cream in France

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Martin link
20/9/2013 02:43:35 am

The French were actually one of the last countries to pick up the rights to Bruno, so I'm afraid work on translating the whole series is only in its infancy. They should be published at the rate of one a year, I believe.

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Deborah Laing
29/9/2013 10:54:15 pm

Thanks Martin, I have just bought him the second Bruno novel in French. He enjoyed the first one very much and I have just finished "A Crowded Grave". Bruno is starting to feel like a very real person. What an excellent TV series they would make, though they would have to find a very attractive man to play Bruno!

Martin link
3/10/2013 07:27:53 pm

Who would you choose? My eldest wants Oliver Martinez, but I think he's too dashing. Bruno needs to be a bit rugged.

Carol Olsob
15/3/2014 06:42:36 am

is the french translation available in America or in an e-book gormat?

Martin link
12/5/2014 06:41:47 pm

You should be able to buy the French translations through an online retailer such as Amazon, but I'm afraid I don't think many bricks-and-mortar bookstores in the US are likely to carry them.




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