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25 February 2021 By Nicholas Coates
In 2009 Christian Seely, CEO of Axa Millésimes, and his friend Nicholas Coates planted a vineyard around Nicholas’ home on the chalk downlands of Hampshire. This is their monthly diary.
Hampshire in winter: the vineyards of Coates & Seely
Vineyards are inherently dangerous things.
Like sirens calling sailors to the rocks, they sing a song of natural beauty, of nature and art in harmony, of wine fit for the gods, whilst the perils – and there are many – remain artfully concealed.
I remember well my own, first siren-call. It was September 1998 and we were staying as guests of Christian’s at Quinta do Noval, in the Douro Valley, for the ‘Vindima’, or harvest.