Two days to go until the 2010 Marlborough Wine and Food festival and things are very busy around here. The wine has been ordered, and will (fingers crossed) be delivered to the event tomorrow afternoon. Jane is at home sewing pinnys- a wee preview of one below, she is also organising the table cloths,the material [...]
Entries Tagged as 'family'
Sophies Wrap Up- Leslie Sbrocco and Wine and Food Festival preparation
February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · family, jane, meg, sophie
Tags:leslie sbrocco·marlborough wine and food festival·saint clair half marathon
Akaroa
January 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · durvillea, family, jane
It seems like such a long time ago that all the Forrest-Waghorn family were in Akaroa getting ready for Christmas. Even though it was a while ago we took some lovely photos down there so I thought I would share some with you all. There will also be some recipes to follow in the next [...]
My Mum’s Salsa Verde Recipe
January 18th, 2010 · No Comments · durvillea, family, recipe, sophie
This is my mum’s Salsa Verde recipe, but it actually originates from an Annabel Langbein recipe, all of us have many of her recipe books and she is a bit of a favourite in our family.
This is a summer staple for your fridge and is great with beef on the barbeque, baked salmon, bean salad [...]
Back on board
January 6th, 2010 · No Comments · family, sophie, the girls
After 10 days away from the office, it has been rather hard to get back into the swing of things. Christmas was spent in Christchurch with my family, the Forrest Waghorns and my other cousins on my Dad’s side the McLernons. It was a beautiful day so Christmas lunch was spent outside on the lawn [...]
Tags:antarctica·christmas·durvillea girls·family·Gisborne·moby·rhythm and vines 2010·six60
Heading towards Christmas
December 14th, 2009 · No Comments · durvillea, family, sophie
While Jane, Simon and the girls have been over in Ireland for the past two weeks I have been holding the fort back in the office, and things have been hectic. As always at this time of year, the orders start to come in strong and fast, and we try our hardest to make sure [...]
Tags:Antartica·Blue Gold and Top 100·christmas·l'Astrolabe·SIWC competition·Wineworks
On the road
November 27th, 2009 · No Comments · On the road, durvillea, family, jane, simon
Week Two: Dublin
We are on the train from Limerick on the way back to Dublin. We travelled down this morning, which took about 3 hours. Now Limerick is an ancient city formerly inhabited by Vikings and more recently by Frank McCourt of Angela’s Ashes fame.
Some of the O’Briens staff with the family at an Astrolabe [...]
Sophie’s Wrap Up
November 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · astrolabe farm, durvillea, family, sophie, vintage
This week I have been manning the office alone as Simon, Jane and Jason have been in Shanghai for a trade show. Jason is now his way home, while Jane and Simon are en route to Ireland, where they are to be joined by the girls to launch Durvillea Wines next week.
However, being the only [...]
Tags:nz music·sophie's wrap up·sounday·tasting·vines·viticulture
Food and family
October 30th, 2009 · No Comments · durvillea, family, recipe
Last weekend was a big one for the Waghorn family. Simon turned 50 and we threw him a big party at Astrolabe Farm. Sadly, none of us took many pictures but hopefully some that my aunt Nicki took will surface soon. A great time was had by all – particular highlight for me was watching [...]
Sophie’s Wrap Up:October Promo and The Winery
October 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · durvillea, family, jane, simon, sophie
It has been another busy week, Jane and Simon left Blenheim on Monday bound for Invercargill. A roadshow that they do every year with our South Island rep Preston Clark. This year they even managed to pick up Pops (Jane’s father, our grandad) and take him down for the ride!
Kaikoura Coast on Simon and Jane’s trip [...]
Tags:bottling·promotion·sophie·sophie’s wrap up·winery·wines
Who's that girl? Introducing Meg!
September 14th, 2009 · No Comments · family, meg, the girls, who's that girl?
The fourth ‘Who’s that girl?’ interview in an occasional series – questions from Libby this time.
Born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1985 Meg is the eldest daughter in the Forrest-Waghorn family.
Where do you fit within the Durvillea family?: Well, I’m the eldest of the Forrest-Waghorn girls. In terms of Durvillea I’ve mainly been in [...]
