I mentioned in my last post that I had bought a bike. Here’s the picture of it again:
I purchased it from Mamachari bicycles, based in Island Bay. You can read all about them on their website and I recommend doing just that. If you don’t have time to click through the gist of it is that [...]
Sophie is off gallivanting around Asia and Jane has her hands full with Astrolabe farm and holding the fort at the office so I thought I would dash off a little blog post to keep everyone up to date.
Last weekend Sophie came up to Wellington to do two tastings at Thorndon New World with me. [...]
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I can’t believe we are half way through April- what a busy month! I have just been on the phone to our Viticulturist and he tells me we are about 80% done for the 2010 harvest. Most of the Wairau and Awatere Valleys have been picked, apart from few blocks of Sauvignon that are being [...]
Tags:2010 harvest·canada·half marathon training·harvest·new world tastings·new zealand wine harvest·saint clair half marathon·vancouver play house·vintage·wine competition
After Jane’s post yesterday I had a flick through Jason’s copy of The Fish Market, this is a fabulous recipe book, and after photocopying many of the recipes I decided on one to cook for dinner last night. Pg 148 for those of you who own the book.
2 Tbsp Olive oil (Jane’s olive oil)
1 Tbsp [...]
Tags:Dean Betts·Pinot Grigio·prawn fettuccine·recipe·seafood
The approaching harvest of the grapes is beginning to dominate life. Nick has been working hard in the vineyard cutting out green fruit and putting on nets. There is a rising sense of anticipation. We are beginning to watch the weather carefully and notice the cooler nights. So far so good.
As well as the grapes, the [...]
Today we had a photo shoot in Wellington with all three girls and Jane – so we have a few nice pictures of us all together. The last group photos of the four of us are from Libby’s 21st & we are all dressed as Cowboys and Indians so it will be nice to have [...]
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