This is a very short blog from me, an update of Canada is to come from Jane next week, and I will do a wee wrap up too.
However with the Saint Clair Half Marathon two days away, (I can’t believe how quickly it has come round!) I thought I would let you know how my [...]
Entries Tagged as 'saint clair half marathon'
Two days to go!
May 6th, 2010 · No Comments · durvillea, sophie
Tags:canada·half marathon training·saint clair half marathon
Sophie’s Wrap Up
April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · arabella, durvillea, recipe, sophie, vintage, wellington
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
Sophie’s Wrap Up- The Start of Vintage
March 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · durvillea, harvest, sophie, vintage
Today we made our first pick for the 2010 harvest for Durvillea and Astrolabe, this is the first pick of about 60 picks that we will do over the next month.
The pick today started at 7.30am at the Wrekin Vineyard, up the Brancott Valley which is part of Southern Valleys. As there are so many [...]
Tags:2010 Marlborough vintage·2010 NZ wine harvest·first pick for vintage·half marathon training·harvest·pinot noir·saint clair half marathon·vintage
Sophie’s Wrap Up
March 16th, 2010 · No Comments · On the road, durvillea, harvest, sophie, vintage
It has been over a month since I put a blog up, so there is a lot to cover, I won’t bore you with all of it, but I will start with the trip to Melbourne that Jason and I did to meet with our Australian distributors. In Australia we have separate distributors for each [...]
Tags:2010 Marlborough vintage·half marathon training·harvest·Ichi Ni·saint clair half marathon·sauvignon blanc
Sophies Wrap Up- Leslie Sbrocco and Wine and Food Festival preparation
February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · family, jane, meg, sophie
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 [...]
Tags:leslie sbrocco·marlborough wine and food festival·saint clair half marathon
Sophie’s Wrap Up
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · durvillea, jane, sophie
Three weeks ago I decided to sign up for the Saint Clair vineyard half marathon (for those of you reading this who want to do the run aswell, go to www.vineyardhalf.com). While I used to be quite fit back at school, I haven’t really run since, and it is an effort for me to run 3km, a half [...]
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