Chateau Feely Eveillez vos sens/ Refresh your senses

Greetings! This month is all about the senses: sensory wine tasting, new research about sensing pesticides in non-organic wine, the extra-ordinary sensory experience of the Ballymaloe wine and food pairings plus spotlight on our walking tours, vine share harvest day date and 10% off special on spring weeks available in the gites. Read on...

Sensory Wine Tasting See our online guide to sensory wine tasting. Beware: a student at our wine school leaned in to sniff a herb then looked up surprised: 'Caro, you have turned me into a dog!' Read more about Mindful wine tasting and order the mini course here or if you are in the EU you can buy a taster case and receive the mini course free .

Luminosite chilling in the snow Wishing you had some? Order by 13 March (EU only) for wine delivered by 20 March. Buy a taster case and receive our sensory wine tasting pdf and professional tasting notes as a gift by email.

Pesticides change the taste of wine Pesticide residues in wine are bad for your health and don't taste good either new French research investigates the taste of pesticides in wine. Also see my other blog post on global herbicide use, herbicide residues in wine and latest pesticide residues in French produce (grapes were the worst).

Vineyard Walking tours The Dordogne offers a great base for many activities including walking, canoeing and cycling. We offer  multi day wine walking tours including a luscious Michelin star restaurant and St Emilion . Or to book into one of Chateau Feely gites and we can provide a map so you can self guide.

Ballymaloe's super pairings and water matters Latest blog posts : Ballymaloe fantastic pairings and Myrtle Allen 'I always believed in Nature' Choose organic wine to save France's water courses. French vineyards are around 3% of the arable farmland and use nearly 20% of the pesticides. Caro loves wine, organic farming and walking. Immerse yourself in this world with the Chateau Feely walking tour photo brochure (if you missed it in the last newsletter you can find the Chateau Feely 2018 general photo brochure here . )

Harvest day set for 29 September Yay! Come and pick and stomp grapes with us at the vine share holder harvest weekend 29 September. Become a vine shareholder so you can join in the fun! If you are planning to be here let us know. Book your accommodation soon (our gites are both booked) as things are getting busy suggestions in the vine share FAQ

Ecological accommodation Gite booking are flying in so hurry if you are hoping to visit us this summer - plus we are offering 10% off April, May and June weeks booked before 18 March 2018 (we take bookings for weekends or part weeks that time of year too). See availability+prices (before the -10%) of wine cottage and the wine lodge .

In our next email in April we'll be announcing our new release wines- there's not a lot of it (we lost 50% to frost in 2017) but the quality is high. We appreciate your feedback - let us know if you have any suggestions or comments. For latest news follow us on twitter @carofeely and on instagram @carofeely for latest photos or at www.facebook.com/chateaufeely Thank you for being part of this adventure! To great times and great wines! Your winegrowers, Seán & Caro

Discover Chateau Feely

Feely Organic Wines Order Feely wines direct at Mixed cases with shipping in the EU or by bottle (shipping added at the end) online boutique.

Walking, fab food and more in Saussignac See why you should treat yourself to a holiday at Chateau Feely this year.

find out more about our wine school at  FrenchWineAdventures .

See our preset multi day tours and multi day walking tours or custom create your own - fun and new learning guaranteed.

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