We didn't come to Singapore expecting to be as surprised as we eventually were. We'd sold wine in France, and all across Europe. We thought we understood our buyers. Singapore changed that fairly quickly. Th...

Our alarm goes off before 6am. By the time the sun is properly up, we're already in the rows. This is the unglamorous stretch of the growing season: no harvest, no pressing, no ceremony. Just monitoring the ...

Last Tuesday at 7pm, I was clearing up after dinner when my phone lit up. Our team was sending a photo from the vineyard. The vines at golden hour, that specific low light you only get over the Néac plateau ...

We're going to be honest with you: nobody plans for July conditions in May. The last week of May in Bordeaux is supposed to feel like a generous spring: warm afternoons, cool enough evenings to sleep with ...

rewarded the Néac plateau’s deep, resilient soils with wines of exceptional harmony, depth, and quiet strength. The story began with a mild, dry winter, marked by lower rainfall than average. Budburst arrive...

At Château Canon Chaigneau, we talk a lot about terroir, grape variety, and vineyard care. But when harvest arrives, one factor dominates everything else: the weather. The conditions in the very days and hou...

When walking through the vineyard in late summer, the clusters of grapes look tempting. They taste sweet, their skins are rich in colour, and they seem ready to harvest. But appearances can be deceiving. For...

Harvest may mark the end of the vineyard season, but it is only the beginning of winemaking. Vinification simply means the process of turning grapes into wine. At Château Canon Chaigneau, this stage is where...

At first glance, it might look like pastry cream being whipped up in a kitchen. But in reality, what you’re seeing is one of the most important steps in winemaking: the preparation of a yeast starter, or “pi...

What is Racking (Écoulage) in Winemaking? In winemaking, racking, or écoulage in French, is the process of separating the wine from the pomace (the solid matter such as skins and seeds) after fermentation. ...