Saving Our Skins: Building a Vineyard Dream in France
By Caro Feely
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Frost can be fatal to a fledgling wine business... gorgeous glitter with a high price tag. On a winter’s day it is beautiful, but on a spring day after bud burst it spells devastation. For Sean and Caro Feely, a couple whose love affair with wine and France has taken them through financial and physical struggle to create their organic vineyard, it could spell the end. Until they receive an unexpected call that could save their skins…
This book is about life, love and taking risks, while transforming a piece of land into a flourishing vineyard and making a new life in France.
Caro Feely
Caro Feely traded her tech career for a dream to become an organic farmer, writer, and wine and yoga teacher. She is published author of six books. Acclaimed 'winning', 'sincere' and 'passionate' by The New York Times Book Review.
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Reviews for Saving Our Skins
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In Grape Expectations, Caro Feely told the story of how she and her husband bought a vineyard in France. In her second book, Saving Our Skins: Building a Vineyard Dream in France, she shares how she and her family made a go of it and started making money.It wasn’t enough to produce great wine. To make ends meet, they offer wine tours, holiday cottages, vineyard shares, and sell their waste product to another business. Feely says, “if we wanted to be in this wine business, we had to be rebels. We had to stand out and change the rules to suit us, rather than succumb to the rules of a game set by large buyers, a game doomed to be lost by small producers.”In addition to diversifying their business, the Feelys try to share with others the importance of purchasing wine, like theirs, which is organic and biodynamic.It’s a great read if you enjoy wine and support entrepreneurs and organic food.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The second instalment following Caro Feely and her family as they establish themselves as wine growers at their 10 hectare site in the Dordogne region of France. Her first book, My Grape Expectations, laid out how they found and bought their dream and started to settle in the community.
This starts off with a late frost in the vineyard. Frost on delicate grape flower can devastate a harvest, but this year they are very fortunate. They are on the very limit financially, but need new equipment and presses to get the most out of their vines. She sees opportunities to make money and make the business viable, especially as their vineyard is biodynamic and there is a growing interest in natural products. She signs up for a course to become a master wine teacher, and they embark on offering harvesting and tasting sessions.
Well worth reading to see how she has progressed since the last book. Whilst things are looking brighter financially, they are not fully out of the woods yet. I am hoping that there will be another in the series.