Hello all, It has been a while since I have written on here, and as you can imagine, there are a lot of things happening. As we come into Spring, most of our growers have finished their pruning, setting the vineyards up for a great growing season ahead.
We are releasing the 2009 Durvillea Sauvignon Blanc [...]
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Sophie’s update
September 1st, 2010 · No Comments · durvillea
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Sophie’s Wrap Up- A little update on the 2010 wines
August 4th, 2010 · No Comments · durvillea, sophie
It is a very wet Marlborough day today, so I don’t imagine much pruning is going on. As I mentioned last week, the only things going on in the vineyard at the moment are pruning and maintence. Pruning is probably the most important time of the year as it gets the vines set up for [...]
Tags:buy durvillea online·vintage 2010 wines·www.yourwineyourway.com
Beautiful words to inspire you to use some Maori phrases
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments · durvillea, jane
Maori Language Week
I thought I would end our participation in Maori Language week with 2 poems. Beautiful words to inspire you to use some Maori phrases and encourage us all to pronounce our place names correctly. I have always loved this Eileen Duggan poem. Read it aloud. It won’t rhyme if you don’t pronounce Wairau [...]
Kia ora from Jane
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments · durvillea, jane
Kia ora
Meg is on her way to a young academics’ conference in Brisbane so it is my turn to make an entry for Maori Language Week. I decided to explore Kekerengu a beautiful part of Marlborough on the Kaikoura coast. We source fruit from 2 vineyards there and of course rimurapa flourishes along the coastline.
My [...]
Tags:kaikoura·kekerengu coast·maori language week·te kekerengu·te rauparaha
Last July Competition Winner and a Vineyard update
July 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · competition, durvillea, meg
17 people entered our competition this week!! The lucky winner was drawn this morning and was Anna Wilson. Anna last had Durvillea from “The wonderful hostess Miss Jo, at her Pretty Pretty Pretty party. It was a lovely day to have beautiful wine, with facials, foot baths and foot massages!” Sounds to me like a fabulous way [...]
Tags:final july competition winner·jermy hyland·maori language week·pruning·vintage 2011 marlborough·wine wednesday
Winner of the third July competition
July 21st, 2010 · 21 Comments · durvillea
Six people entered our most memorable meal with Sauvignon Blanc competition this week! The lucky winner was drawn this morning and was Lynette Woodgate. Lynette’s best meal with Sauvignon Blanc, was a Poule A Pot (chicken in a pot) meal that she had at a french bistro in Akaroa many years back, divine! If you can [...]
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Winner of the second July competition
July 14th, 2010 · 6 Comments · durvillea
This week we had six entries into our Pinot Grigio competition, the winner was drawn out of a hat this morning. This weeks lucky winner of a 6 pack of Durvillea Wine is Rebekah. Rebekah loves Pinot Grigio matched with anything that has blue cheese in it! If you can email me your address Rebekah [...]
Tags:beurre blanc recipe·hotel d'urville·sauvignon blanc food match·second wine competition winner
Winner of the first July Durvillea Competition
July 7th, 2010 · 6 Comments · durvillea, food, recipe
With ten fantastic entries for how to enjoy Pinot Noir, we all found it too hard to decide on a winner! So we ended up picking it out of a hat this morning. The winner of the first July competition for the “Best way to enjoy Pinot Noir” is Kate Fisher. Kate Fisher likes to [...]
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Sophie’s Wrap Up and a new Competition
June 30th, 2010 · 12 Comments · durvillea, sophie
We are only three days into the week and it already feels like so much has happened that we should be at the end!
I am into my third week being back in the office after three weeks away in South East Asia, I had a fabulous time starting at the top of Laos and travelling [...]
Tags:angkor wat·facebook·laos and cambodia·mt hutt ski field·pinot noir·sophie·wine competition·wine up the mountain·yvonne lorkin
