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 to enjoy Durvillea Wine. Congratulations Anna, can you please email me your address to sophie@durvilleawines.co.nz and I will get the wine on the way to you today.

This is the last of our July competitions, so thank you to all who entered, we had some great entries. Maken sure you check out our facebook page this week for Meg’s Maori Language week contributions- a new word every day.

On a wee aside, it is starting to warm up Marlborough and the days are getting longer. I have just been chatting to our viticulturist Jeremy Hyland, who said that most of our growers are still pruning. It has been a very wet winter, which has been great for replenishing the moisture levels in the soil. Bud burst for the Pinot Noir is about a month and a half away, though it is dependant on the heat units at we get in August, but with days like today we should be right on track.