The first micro-harvest
On a recent Sunday in mid October, accompanied by a small group of friends, I brought in a first tiny, non-commercial harvest from The...
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Timothy Sarson
Aug 316 min read
Mel B
A third of my vineyard is planted with Melon de Bourgogne. You're probably asking what on earth is Melon de Bourgogne? You might even...
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Timothy Sarson
May 115 min read
Frost
I've known for three years that this moment would come. Two weeks ago I drove into the field, parked up the car and set out amongst the...
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Timothy Sarson
Feb 254 min read
The waiting season
I popped over to the vineyard yesterday for a few hours. You know, to “check on it”. It’s a regular ritual. Once arrived I made myself...
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Timothy Sarson
Sep 16, 20233 min read
September
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, as Mr Kipling famously remarked from the nobly rotten slopes above the Garonne on one of his...
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Timothy Sarson
Jul 15, 20234 min read
Absenteeism on the Vineyard
Back a few posts ago I recounted one or two of the punchier encounters I'd had with vineyard owners during those tours of discovery that...
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Timothy Sarson
Apr 2, 20235 min read
On Pinot Meunier
I thought I’d write something a bit different for the latest post. So far on this blog you’ve been mainly regaled with light hearted...
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Timothy Sarson
Dec 31, 20224 min read
My first prune
I'm going to start this post by talking a bit about our vineyard's terroir. If you've read the rest of the site you'll note that it's a...
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Timothy Sarson
Oct 18, 20225 min read
The end of Season 1
Owning a vineyard is, I've discovered, a popular talking point for colleagues and friends. "How are the vines" is a novel icebreaker I...
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Timothy Sarson
Jul 24, 20223 min read
Heatwave!
Last time I posted we'd just planted around 5,300 little bare rooted vines in our two blocks. I got sunburned that day despite the cool...
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Timothy Sarson
Apr 21, 20224 min read
Planting
On Wednesday morning we had a couple of fields in Kent. By mid afternoon we had an actual vineyard. We have, finally, planted. Planting a...
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Timothy Sarson
Dec 27, 20218 min read
Now for the Science Bit
It should be a quiet time at Little B now. Summer is over, the final cover crop before next year’s planting is in, but I was there for...
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Timothy Sarson
Sep 19, 20214 min read
DON'T DO IT!
In this country, with a couple of notable exceptions, growing grapes is not something you inherit from a long family line of vignerons....
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Timothy Sarson
Jun 7, 20216 min read
ON PLANTING VINES AND WRITING BLOGS
Not sure if any of you have set up your own business recently, but one of the first things you must do is create your own online...
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