Who is Miss Mary Taylor? To tell you the truth, I'm not quite sure... maybe a member of the American Thoreau Wine Society? Whoever she is, she's a woman of taste and very good taste. 

Sharing her time between France and the USA, she happened to muse in Quercy where she tasted some Cahors wines and clearly enjoyed them. Feel free to read her post on the blog of the Thoreau Wine Society.

Established near Cahors, Amanda Lawrence is a writer and journalist. Why such a title for a book? "White stone" refers to the white Quercy, - named for its white stone - a wild, sparsely populated area of rural France. As an Englishwoman, she experienced the joys of rural life and the pleasures of tasting the local delicacies, including the Black Wine of Cahors.

Read more about Amanda's book.

I'm a little late in ackowledging the post of our Irish friend, Lar, from sourgrapes.ie who posted a comment on Malbec of Cahors on his blog.

Lar answered our post, Argentina and Cahors united under the Malbec banner, by saying: "

From an Irish consumer perspective, I stand by what I wrote. You can see it play out on the shelves of supermarkets and more specialised wine shops.

Malbec from Argentina is quite a bit cheaper, more widely available and easier to drink than most of those from Cahors.

That said, I’m a big fan of Cahors and I’ll seek them out."

It's true we don't know all our local markets and we're glad for the information. Moreover, it seems that Lar is fan of Malbec:

"Rather than being a zero sum game with one winner and one loser, I think jointly promoting Malbec is a fantastic approach.

The last thing I want to see is a McDonalds/Starbucks-type homogeneity in wine, so I’m all for the joint promotion of Malbec, a grape that offers something different and something very special."

Many thanks to Lar for his post and his interest in our wines. Feel free to read his complete post on his blog and his tasting notes.