They’re scared. Understandably. See USA and journalism for a taste of things to come. (View Post)

Pic for the day. Pinot Meunier after full veraison, quickly gathering sugars and, er, dropping acid. At this time of year the red varietal parts of the vineyard look properly bacchanalian. The white … (View Post)

I agree. French property purchases are very smooth processes. Notaries can be annoying in other ways: ours is slow to respond to emails (we have needed her for various ownership related issues recent… (View Post)

It was a glorious time. We didn’t realise how unnaturally, and artificially, lucky a time it was. All the way up until 11 September 2001. What followed was 24 years (and counting) of disaster after d… (View Post)

Isn’t that everyone’s job? Mine is predominantly “dial into Teams meetings”. (View Post)