Durvillea Wines

In Marlborough we are very lucky to have two consecutive long weekends, we have Labour weekend and then the following weekend is another long weekend due to Marlborough anniversary falling on Monday 1st November.

Before I carry on I must let you know that this weeks blog seems to be particularly Astrolabe based!

Having a short week after Simon’s party weekend was quite nice, although it meant we were very busy preparing for Marlborough Wine Weekend (a bi- annual wine event held on anniversay weekend http://www.wine-marlborough.co.nz/wineweekend/ )This event is a fantastic weekend to showcase the best that our region has to offer in the way of wine and food! As it is such a great event we brought six people over to thank them for their support that they have shown us over the years. This year we brought over Ian and Tim from United Cellars Sydney after they sold the most Astrolabe wine  during a promotion we held over there. We also brought down Mike and his wife Berni from New Plymouth and Andy and Braddon up from Christchurch, who are all very loyal supporters of the Astrolabe brand.

The event ran from Friday to Sunday and was jam packed with tastings and other events in many different beautiful spots around Marlborough. We finished it off for our guests on Sunday by having them out to Astrolabe Farm for a big brunch and champagne before they all flew off to their respective locations.

On Monday afternoon I flew up to Auckland for Republic furniture’s 10th birthday party where Astrolabe had sponsored the wine. Bella and I went along as representatives it was a fabulous event to be a part of, the furniture was gorgeous and there was a great turn out of people.

The entertainment was also a highlight……

Entertainment at Republic

The rest of the week seems to have flown past, we have been very busy in the office with many many first of the month orders to be put through! And on Wednesday Jo Burzynska talked about our brand use of twitter and recommended us in the VIVA magazine of the New Zealand Herald- which incidentally no one in Blenheim stocks! Had to get a copy from someone off twitter! (see our facebook fan page for the article if your city/town does also not get the Herald…)

With all of this going on I have also been organising to go over to Nelson for a day next week to see our restaurants and retailers, and am trying to tee up a few Durvillea tastings while I am over there.

It is a beautiful day here today, so fingers crossed it continues into the weekend, especially as I am moving flats tomorrow….