Chateau Malaudos

I've written before about the kindness of other winemakers and just how supportive they've been. Just the other day I received this e-mail, out of the blue, from our lovely friend Peter Core who makes delicious biodynamic wine at Mas Gabriel .

"Dear Lizzie

I hope all is well.  Just a quick note to say that performance bio keep warning about high risk for mildew, which we treat with copper.  We have only seen a couple of taches so far but I think it would be worthwhile to keep up the bouille bordelaise (sulphur and ½ dose of copper) for the moment.  I think you have a poudreuse and if so it would be good to put on some powdered sulphur in about two weeks time, as an extra treatment mid-way between your wet sprays, which you should be doing every 10 days.
 
We are still working flat out with the young vines, as well as tucking and de-budding all the rest, and worst of all trying to control the weeds.
 
If you have any problems in the vineyard don’t hesitate to call.

Peter"

Now isn't that the kindest thing? There they are, in the middle of their own vineyard stresses, and he bothers to write to us wine-making neonates who happen to have bought a view with vines strewn all over it. I suspect kind winemakers make agreeable wine and Peter and Deborah make very agreeable wine indeed. Karma. Here's the website again, just in case you would like to know more. Mas Gabriel Biodynamic and Organic Wine, Caux, Languedoc Roussillon