The Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for reunion. Families come together over familiar dishes, seafood is shared around a steaming pot of broth, and roast meats and braised dishes take their place at the centre...

What is a Foire aux Vins? If you live in France, you probably know what happens every September. Supermarket wine aisles expand, new bottles appear, and shoppers start looking through the year’s selections. ...

Harvest 2026 Néac, 3 September 2026 We began picking on 27 August — the earliest start in the history of the estate. A week into the vintage, here is where we stand.   ...

Veraison has arrived There is a beautiful moment in every vineyard when the grapes begin to change. It is called Véraison! The stage when the berries move from growth into ripening. For red grapes, the hard ...

Every time we pour Canon Chaigneau for someone new — at a tasting, a dinner, a trade event, there's a moment (usually just after the first sip) where the question comes. "What do you honestly think is best t...

Every spring, something unusual happens in Bordeaux. Journalists, buyers, and importers travel from all over the world to taste wines directly from the barrel — wines that won't be bottled for another year, ...

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 ...

It's back. Twelve months in concrete, one long journey to Singapore, and the 2023 Cuve 8a is finally ready to be on your doorstep. Here's what you need to know. About the Vintage  The 2023 growing season on ...

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...

Decanting a bottle of wine involves gently transferring the wine from a bottle to a wider vessel called a decanter. Here are some of the main advantages of decanting wine: Aeration: by pouring the wine int...

Bordeaux is one of the most famous wine regions in the world, but it’s also one of the most misunderstood.Say “Bordeaux” and many people picture a single style: deep red, firm tannins, long ageing. In reali...

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...

This weekend, we opened a bottle of our white and a chilled rosé, almost on impulse.  Nothing elaborate, just a slow lunch at home, windows open, something light but comforting on the table. We made a simple...

January 2026 – Life at –8°C in Lalande-de-Pomerol January has settled firmly over the vineyards of Néac, and this winter is not holding back. With temperatures dropping to –8°C, snow covering the rows, and m...

At Canon Chaigneau, our reds, crafted in the Lalande-de-Pomerol appellation, are celebrated for their elegance, structure, and versatility. Merlot-driven with subtle Cabernet Franc notes, they strike the pe...

We completed the 2023 harvest on the 27th of September, les écoulages and vinifications. Things went very well, with a good quantity of very ripe, juicy, thick-skinned berries, healthy acidity and potential ...