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Domaine of the Bee blog starting soon......
 
 
I saw this book on a visit to De Loach in California, and ordered it from Amazon when I got home. I am intrigued to find out what we can learn from observing bees.
 
 

Wine is very simple really.

There's lots of clever stuff that you can do, but it is much more satisfying when it is really straightforward.

 
 

Bill Rolfe just sent through some pics of Domaine of the Bee being tasted at his new shop, The Market Kitchen in East Grinstead.

 
 

Picked up a copy of BBC Good Food today, and was delighted to see a review for Domaine of the Bee - especially recommended as a treat for father's day by Sarah-Jane Evans MW.

 
 

Last weekend, Richard and I spent a good couple of hours tasting through every barrel that might make up Domaine of the Bee 2009.

 
 
When we told our bee-keeping friend, Abel Hadden, that we were hoping to use capsules made of beeswax, he kindly offered to barter a bottle of Les Genoux for 3lb of glorious beeswax from his hives.
 
 

Nothing to do with Domaine if the Bee really, but we took this video on holiday in Mallorca, and thought we might share it.

 
 

The 267 bottles that Amanda, Sam and I (along with friends Alison, Rupert, Magnus and Olivia) lovingly siphoned from barrel to bottle, and hand-corked in early May have finally been labelled and d

 
 

.....turns out it is quite easy - just melt the beeswax in a pan, and dip in the upturned bottle. More experiments needed on the right temperature, and the right way to create artistic drips, but