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Harvesting continues...
Harvest 2025: Busy nights at Château Auzines and Château Cazal Viel Harvest season is in full swing. At Domaines Les Auzines, the...
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Aug 26, 20251 min read
Vintage 2025 is underway!
Harvest Season Begins at Château Cazal Viel The harvest season has officially begun in St-Chinian at Château Cazal Viel — usually two to...
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Aug 26, 20252 min read


Harvest will start soon!
We are ready for vintage 2025 - in fact, we expect harvesting to start early next week in our Cazal Viel vineyards at Cessenon-sur-Orb....
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Aug 14, 20252 min read
Facing Fire and the Future: A Summer of Resilience in the Languedoc Vineyards
As summer stretches on in the Languedoc, what should be a time of hopeful anticipation as harvest nears has instead brought heartbreak...
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Aug 7, 20252 min read


🥂 Laurent Miquel Shines with Five Silver Medals at 50 Great White Wines 2025
We’re proud and excited to share that five white wines by Laurent Miquel earned Silver medals (90–94.9 points)—at the recent 50 Great...
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Jul 7, 20252 min read


Summer means being patient
As we settle into June, the sun is finally shining over our two domaines, bringing welcome warmth after a cool, wet May that delayed...
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Jun 20, 20252 min read


Spring to summer in the vineyard
The vineyards are full of sights and sounds with an abundance of wildflowers which bring insects and birds into the estate. The wild...
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May 14, 20251 min read


For the love of Viognier
On 25 April, we celebrated International Viognier day and we have more to celebrate than most! C ôte 128 Pech Sévignac Viognier Did you...
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Apr 28, 20251 min read
The sun shone down on the Netherlands!
The crystal clear blue skies and warm sunshine would have led you to believe you were actually in the south of France rather than the...
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Apr 18, 20252 min read


It makes more than vines to make a vineyard...
Or maybe we should say that it takes more than vines to make a vineyard healthy. Monoculture (the growing of just one single crop)...
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Apr 1, 20252 min read
From Winter to Spring - the year so far
Spring is our favourite time of year - birds start singing, mornings are brighter, days are warmer and there's such vibrant growth in the...
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Mar 11, 20252 min read


New Wines to try at Wine Paris!
Are you planning a visit to Wine Paris this year? The fair is growing every year, with more and more exhibitors and visitors making the...
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Jan 27, 20252 min read


Food and Wine Pairings - Christmas reds
Festive pairings for red wines this Christmas Winter inspires cosy nights in front of the fire and we tend to lean to fuller, richer...
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Dec 12, 20243 min read


Food and Wine Pairings – does it matter?
Festive pairings this Christmas You drink white wine, but you like red meat or you’re a red drinker and love to eat fish – are you...
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Dec 3, 20243 min read


How to read a French wine label and find the wine you love!
As wine drinkers, we often know what we like, but what if we want to get curious and want to explore other wines, especially the more...
laurawinespecialis
Nov 19, 20243 min read
Netherlands in November
Laura our brand ambassador grabbed the opportunity to visit our Dutch friends in the Netherlands for a couple of days last week. Despite...
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Nov 13, 20242 min read
Harvest Report 2024
2024 at Laurent Miquel– an unpredictable year Languedoc-Roussillon Weather conditions were unusual in the Languedoc in 2024,...
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Oct 31, 20245 min read


Is terroir real?
You've probably wondered why wine producers talk about terroir. Maybe you wonder how it's relevant or simply what it is! 'Terroir' is a...
laurawinespecialis
Oct 8, 20243 min read


Harvest Update
We are 4 weeks into the harvest and by now most of the vineyards at Château Auzines and Château Cazal Viel are picked, with just a few...
laurawinespecialis
Sep 17, 20242 min read


Harvest 2024 is underway!
It comes around every year, but it never fails to be exciting - vintage 2024 is underway! Harvesting started on a beautiful morning at...
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Aug 20, 20242 min read
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