Drink my wine with llama and other friends. Neil says so

I’m a Neil Pendock follower, even if I don’t always agree with everything he writes. So I was chuffed this Sunday when read a note in his Sunday Times Lifestyle ‘Travel & Food’ column about my DeanDavid Syrah. He calls it ‘worth a flutter’ – high praise from Le Pendock.

Farm 1120 is another wine I was involved with. It’s a red blend. Neil cites the tasting notes, which invite you to enjoy the flavours and aromas of sweaty saddle, wet blanket, honey, poodles and poetry. You have to sip it to understand.

Thanks

Thanks T, Johan and Muriel for all the help, and laughter

I am sitting at a little coffee shop watching all the tents and stalls being dismantled. It was my intention to update my blog as the festival progressed, but it was impossible, I did manage to take some pics, so I will be doing some retrospective blogs about some of the food and experiences I had.

Right now though I am feeling slightly hungover, the after party's fault, so I am going to take it easy, maybe a DVD, or a new book, and some junk food

Loo..ong Weekend

This weekend is Olive festival , wich means thousands of people are coming to visit, so I have been labeling up a storm.

I did my labeling at the Wine Kollective where I will be promoting my vino. Its the blue building on short street, so come and say hi.

A little more conserning for me is, tomorrow night, the launch of the Riebeek Valley Calendar and if the pre-sales are anything to go by it is going to be a busy afair. Wish me luck.

With all the wine tasting it is going to be hard to keep track but I will do my best to fill you in.

Being prepared

No, it is not a Damien Hirst, representing the death of a tree. It is a pile of firewood that my housemate Muriel bought in the middle of summer in preparation for winter, The reason being that the wood is delivered wet and takes a huge effort to start.

I was hoping for rain recently and nature has obliged, my feeling is that we are in for a wet and cold winter in the Western Cape, great for the vineyards, The longer the cold, the better they sleep.

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