What it’s all about
Stephen explains his ambitions to make a fine Provençal Rosé wine and how he will be calling on many experts and specialists to help him achieve his ambitious goal.
View ArticleHarvesting 2011 Mirabeau
We’re about halfway through our 2011 harvesting now and it’s looking to be a pretty good year for rosé. We’re harvesting a little earlier last year due to the very warm Spring and early flowering and...
View ArticleUS Trip Summary & the 3 Tier System
Stephen gives a 60 second summary of his US trip, where he hopes to break into the market with Mirabeau. He also briefly explains the 3-tier system of the US, which makes selling there particularly...
View ArticleStephen and Mirabeau in Vancouver, BC Canada
Stephen gives us some feedback after his visit to the BC Liquor Board in Vancouver to try and sell Mirabeau to the Canadians.
View ArticleBlending the 2011 vintage of Mirabeau
At this time of year we make the blend for Mirabeau 2011. The ferments have finished and the wines are ready for tasting. We look at only the best tanks of wine in the winery for Mirabeau and make our...
View ArticleChanging grey isn’t always black and white
So, this is a relatively minor occurrence in the life of Mirabeau, but interesting (for me at least) all the same. I asked our printers to change the grey on some text on our label to make it slightly...
View ArticleAngela Muir MW on Mirabeau 2011
Stephen asks Angela to describe the new 2011 vintage of Mirabeau Rosé, just before bottling.
View ArticleOscar (our dog) gets the last laugh!
Our crazy, tennis-ball-obsessed Jack Russell get the last laugh – and this marks the 150th film to be uploaded onto the www.mirabeauwine.com website!
View ArticleFirst labelling of Mirabeau red
We’re really proud of this red. We’ve blended old vine grenache and syrah grapes that have been aged for years in huge oak barrels (foudres) – which mean this is probably one of the smoothest wines...
View ArticleVideo Update June 2012
Stephen talks about the past few months at Mirabeau – the legal challenge from Gallo, the hail that has had a big impact on so many of the vineyards in Provence, the new HQ he hopes to be in by next...
View ArticleThe Kendall Harris interview: Stephen Cronk on Mirabeau Wine
Kendall Harris is a Canadian TV journalist on a sabbatical visit to Provence from Vancouver. She is a WSET Advanced certified wine lover and here she interviews Stephen and asks him about why he moved...
View ArticleStephen talks to Kendall Harris about wine closures
“We can put a man on the moon but we haven’t yet worked out how to close a bottle of wine properly” sums it up. The jury is still out on this subject, even though we’ve been making wine for thousands...
View ArticleOur new vintage of Mirabeau 2012 Rosé being bottled
The bottling line we use for Mirabeau meets the highest quality standards. It is certified BRC 6th version (A level) and IFS (higher level). With so many potential problems with bottling we wanted to...
View ArticleAngela Muir MW on the new 2012 vintage of Mirabeau Rosé
2012 has been our toughest year yet, with all of nature’s elements seeming to have it in for our old friend vitis vinifera (the grape vine). Heavy frosts, late hail and drought in the summer combined...
View ArticleAngela Muir MW on the new 2012 vintage of Mirabeau Blanc
This is only our second vintage making a white wine and we’re really pleased with it. Mirabeau Cotes de Provence blanc is a delicious, floral blend of rounded, lemony Sémillon and crisp, fresh, herby...
View ArticleMirabeau features on prime-time TV
Well, okay, they haven’t made a feature length documentary about our move from the ‘burbs of London to wine producer in Provence just yet, but Waitrose (the upmarket UK food and wine retailer) ran a...
View ArticleAbout Mirabeau – The short film version
We recently made this short video explaining how we swapped-out our lives in London in order to make wine in Provence. We also discuss how we go about making our award-winning wines and how we try to...
View Article10,000,000 views on “how to open a bottle of wine using your shoe”
Wow and thanks everyone. Mirabeau’s now notched up over 10 million views on YouTube! The idea to film parts of our journey came naturally when we first got going, and generally having an iPhone in...
View ArticleConverting Belle into a Rosé Winebar
We recently converted our beloved Belle into a rosé winebar to use at events, festivals and celebrations.
View ArticleThe story behind the Mirabeau logo
You may be surprised to find out the story behind our logo. Here Stephen explains its origin and meaning in less than a minute.
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