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Pairing Pinot Noir with Fig & Pistachio Toasts

Pairing Pinot Noir with Fig & Pistachio Toasts

Pinot Noir is one of my favorites wines, it’s easy to drink and pairs nicely with a lot of my favorite foods! Recently, the team at Peter Yealands reached out and asked me for a pairing recommendation for their Pinot Noir. 

I’m an avid entertainer so I immediately wanted to create something that would be great to make for a party or entertaining a group of friends. This wine is light and…

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This is only my second cruise, but I try to partake in the on-board Chef’s Table dinner whenever I can. It’s pretty much my favorite part of the cruise. The pictures don’t do it justice.

Course One: Scallop Carpaccio with Bottega Pinot Grigio Course Two: Smoked Tomato Soup with Conundrum White Course Three: Maine Lobster Salad with Peter Yealands Sauvignon Blanc Course Four: Roasted Branzino with Chablis Premier Cru Course Five: Grilled Filet Mignon with Caymus Cabernet Sauvignon Dessert: The World [Peanut Butter Ganache, Valrhona Chocolate Mousse, Salted Caramel Gelato] with Salted Caramel Espresso Martini

When: Dinner Where: The Chef’s Table, @royalcaribbean Navigator of the Seas Who: Lynn Burdzy

Amount Spent: $169.98 Amount Spent YTD: $1,016.92

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New Zealand - South Island

Well well, it’s been a long while since my last post! No worries though, I didn’t get stuck under a pile of snow or freeze to death - I’ve had the best time! After the most horrible journey one can possibly imagine from Bali to Queenstown, involving issues with everything from visa and onward flights issues to long delays to intense questioning and searches- all during the night - the stunning approach to Queenstown and the reunion with my favourite partner in crime made up for it. Oh how good to be back together after over two months! We have been crossing the South Island of beautiful New Zealand in the most literal way since.

After the happy reunion in Queenstown we met up with our wonderful new friends from Amsterdam, who we first met in Mongolia, then spent new years eve with in Japan and then met again in Thailand. We followed them on their tight schedule along the West Coast up north via Abel Tasman National Park and Blenheim’s wine-heaven to Picton, where their ferry to the North Island parted us after three super fun and exciting weeks.

After that we made our way back and further South, driving over almost each of the South Island’s highways. These highlights happened along the way of the past few months down under:

# Lucky enough, Lodewijk had arrived in Queenstown a few days before me and stayed with a couple who happened to sell a family-car-transferred-to-ultra-basic-campervan; just what we needed! Unfortunately the garage wasn’t in tune with this fast pace: it took 6 days from my arrival to get our Warranty of Fitness and pre-purchase checkup done. It then took another 10 minutes in the post office to register and the Mitsubishi Delica Spacegear was rightfully ours and ready to rumble. Luckily Queenstown had enough to keep us entertained during the wait: we soaked in its beautiful views while walking through the cute streets, beautiful harbour and lushy botanical garden, stuffed our faces with the fabulous hamburgers of Fergburger on four consecutive days, celebrated travelerlife with our friends in their super luxurious motorhome, made a trip to beautiful Glenorchy and collected all we needed for the roadtrip. # As soon as we were roadready, we made our way to the beautiful Milford Sounds. As we arrived in the dark, we were in for a surprise; when we woke up we found ourselves surrounded by endless majestic, lushy rockformations dotted with countless waterfalls and partially hidden under a mystical blanket of clouds. It was stunning! We went on a boat trip to get up close with the breathtaking sounds, quite a warming up to New Zealand’s beauty! # One of New Zealand’s most popular activities is tramping - trekking and camping. There are a number of ‘Great Walks’ in the country along completely stunning paths that usually take several days to complete. Now that it’s winter, many of the huts along the paths aren’t open for camping or sections of the walks are closed because of the conditions; limiting us to only go on one day walks or just parts of the great walks. The first proper trekking we did was along part of the Kepler track - following a path through different types of bush and past several Lord-of-the-Ringsy scenery before reaching the stunning Manapouri lake. A great first walk! # One of the most beautiful places that we’ve seen on the South Island is the West Coast. Also referred to as the Wet Coast, and for a good reason.. We had to dodge the occasional intense shower but hey, nothing new for us Dutchies. Apart from the simply stunning coastal scenery, we especially enjoyed the beautiful Pancake rocks, formed by the sea and its tides, the close encounters with the cheeky indigenous Kea birds and the a ma zing Fox and Franz Josef glaciers. Unfortunately the weather didn’t allow us to take a helicopter ride up to the glacier for a walk, so we had to do with admiring the blue mass of ice from the ground. Tough life! 😂 # From the West Coast we made our way up north, via the stunning Nelson Lakes National Park where we enjoyed an indoor campervan picnic admiring the rainy view, to Nelson, a proper city at the northern coast of the South Island. We planned just a short stay in Nelson to stock and fuel up before entering the more remote world of Abel Tasman National Park, but ended up needing more time to visit the Leonardo DaVinci expo at the regional museum, wake up with some New Zealand style Dutch oliebollen from the weekend’s farmers market, shopping, playing minigolf and eating the best falafel so far found in New Zealand (twice 😏). # Once in Abel Tasman National Park, a large, forresty park, dotted with deserted sandy beaches, clear blue sea and other hidden gems, we got a watertaxi to drop us at beautiful Anchorage bay. From there, we followed the end section of the Abel Tasman Coast Walk back to where we started, taking a detour to find Cleopatra’s pool, hidden in the forrest. At the end of the day we had walked for about 6 hours and mainly seen all different types of bush! In hindsight it might have been better to take a walk more to the north, or to rent some canoes and observe Tasman’s beauty from the insanely blue water. Live and learn! 🙃 # After our proper work-out in Abel Tasman National Park we figured we deserved a drink, and what better place for that than the beautiful Marlborough wine region, famous for its delicious Sauvignon Blanc! Based in boring Blenheim, we visited 6 different vineyards to taste their variety of wines and our absolute favourite was Peter Yealands. Not only did we looove their all organic and delicious wines, there’s also a self guided tour around their completely stunning vineyards; right at the cliffs to the sea with amazing views all around and crawling with the cutest Babydoll sheep on land mowing duty. Wine will never taste the same! 😂 # And then we were on our own. Our plan was to follow the east coast to Christchurch, but an earthquake had already shattered that plan over a year ago (how did we not know this?!). That meant a detour and an extra stop in Nelson for that divine falafel before we made it to Christchurch. This interesting city was largely destroyed by a series of heavy earthquakes in 2013, but didn’t lose its positive spirit. Even though the effects of the earthquake can still be seen around town, the people picked their lives back up, built a very cool mall from colourful containers, completed a half collapsed cathedral with perfectly printed cardboard and filled the gaps of destructed buildings with pieces of art. Such an interesting city! Another big plus of our time in Christchurch was of a different kind: for many tourists Christchurch was the end of their trip, so campervans had to be returned and the little fridges and wardrobes cleared out. And all the 'left overs’ were left in the camp kitchen or presented to us at our van! After a few days there we left with unopened bags of pasta, kilos of rice, different herbs and spices, fruits, fresh bread, bottles of wine, local beers, pillows, wine glasses and even a heater. Our time in Christchurch was definitely worth it!! 😂 # Right under Christchurch is the beautiful Banks Peninsula, a gorgeous piece of land that is formed long ago by two volcanic eruptions. We followed the Summit Road to get from the end of Christchurch to Akaroa - the peninsula’s main city- which, as the name suggests, took us along the edge of one of the original craters. We were blessed with one amazing view over the rugged land and bays with crystal clear water after the other; this is hands down one of our most favourite places on all the island! # We had already found out that our favourite thing to do in NZ is just to drive around and soak in the amazing beauty and insane views around each corner, again and again, and the scenery on the way to Lake Tekapo once again proved that. Unfortunately, it had been raining a lot and before we knew it we got stuck in the mud while exploring a possible camping spot in the wild. Oooops. Nowhere near civilization we were bound to try and try, stuffing branches and other debris from the forest under the tires, until we finally managed to get out of the mud, turn around, dive right back in and get out again at the other end. We aged about 10 years in that hour, gotta love adventure! And a different campsite for the night. # Absolutely the best way we found to admire Lake Tekapo is from the summit of Mt John, where the cute cafe with viewing deck enabled us to sit back, secretly eat our own lunch and sip on some green tea while soaking in the seriously eye-popping view over the snowy, hilly landscape completed with the bright blue lake. Wow! # Just when we thought we had seen the most beautiful thing on the island, we made our way to Aoraki / Mt Cook National Park. Already the drive past the stunning Lake Pukaki, which bright blue colour was completely covered with mystical mist when we first drove past it on the way to the park, got us reconsidering our favourite view. But then the sun broke through the near constantly present clouds while we hiked between the mountains through the Hooker Valley until we reached the terminus of the Hooker glacier, with views of crystal clear springs, snowy Mt Cook and floating icebergs in the impressive Hooker Lake. Yet another most beautiful view in the world! # After all that time in the mountains, we made our way to the beautiful beaches of Southland. This not at all touristy area is marked with stunning cliffs and rockformations, trees that are blown away by the heavy, salty winds and a lot of wildlife. Between the picture perfect lighthouses, driftwood filled beaches and grassy dunes we got up close with some smelly sea lions lazing around, spotted a variety of birds and, most specially, watched a couple of super rare Yellow Eyed Pinguins get back on land after a day out in the sea, wiggle ashore and retreat to their hidden nests. Wow that was really cool, even though we were quite far away in a camouflaged viewing hide not to disturb the beautiful creatures in any way. Another absolute highlight from our time in Southland was our day with Ian, the fun local we met in a bar in Colac Bay. After a drink in that bar, we got invited to his farm the next day where we got to help out with marking the new born lambs with orange hearts, re-arranging the fields and feeding the cattle. Even though we managed to mark the wrong lambs and probably cost more work than we made up for, we had a great day! Big thanks to Ian, such a rockstar! # Our next stop was in Dunedin, the 'Edinburgh of the South’, a surprisingly lively city at the east coast. So far, we hadn’t seen any entertainment after 16.00, but here were actual youngsters and students and bars and all! Nothing crazy still, but we enjoyed to be in a city again. We visited the beautiful Toitu museum, crossed all down town tracking different pieces of streetart, walked up the hilly shopping street and bought delightful treats on the Saturday morning farmers market. Lovely! # Under Dunedin is another peninsula; the Otago Peninsula. We were hoping to find some Banks-like views, but no. The road to the end was no where near as spectaculair as Banks’ Summit Road, it rained all day and the clouds prevented us from seeing any views at all. We went to see the world’s only mainland breeding place of the majestic Royal Albatrosses at the end of the peninsula, which is really cool, but probably during naptime; we barely spotted any action. You win some, you lose some, right? 😂 # We were definitely winning again when we got back up to Wanaka! We had been ready to go snowboarding for weeks, but the weather on the slopes hadn’t been good so we moved on twice before there finally was a good forecast. Not even just good; great - three times a charm! So we got ourselves gear and liftpasses and drove up to Treble Cone, where we had the best day trying out the not really fresh but still nice New Zealand snow, shredding almost alone along the quiet slopes, absorbing the sun and admiring the to die for view. Soooo worth the wait!! And as the good weather kept on coming, we went for another day on the slopes - this time at Cardrona, where it was possibly even better. The snow was fresher, the slopes were wider and their was a lot of freestyle jumping going on in preparations for the Winter X Games that would start soon. Another fantastic day, we looove New Zealand! # From Wanaka we made our way back along the stunning Haast pass to the West Coast. Instead of moving straight up north from there, we decided to make our way all the way south to the end of the line at Jackson Bay first. Just as the rest of the West Coast, the drive to get there was stunning! Jackson Bay itself was a bit sleepy, but functioned as a great place for a picnic with view on its natural harbour - the only one on the West Coast! Moving back up north from there was possibly even more stunning than the first time as we had great weather this time. Bliss! # By now we had tackled almost all main highways on the island, except for this very exiting one; Arthurs pass. Ofcourse we couldn’t let that happen, so right after Greymouth we took the exit and left the West Coast for a 'slight’ detour into the heart of the country. Our intention was just to drive through the stunning mountain pass untill we reached Arthur’s Pass village - but heavy heavy rain prevented us from properly enjoying this scenery so we decided to continue to Christchurch for the night. And it was a good choice; we got lucky with free stuff at the camping again and we woke up in bright sunshine. In the end we got to enjoy every bit of the drive back to the West Coast, from the majestic, rocky Castle Hill to the impressive viaduct in the mountains and its views to the magical world of Kumara’s Glowworm caves and to the satisfaction of ticking this one highway off the to do list. 😜 # Back at the West Coast we decided to go to the northern end of the line too. The very last stop all the way up the West Coast is Karamea. Most of the crowds (that are extremely limited in winter anyway) do not come up there, so we found ourselves between a bunch of retired New Zealanders that semi-permanently parked their huge housebuses at the cute Karamea Domain ground, ready to kick off the whitebaiting season just around the corner. The atmosphere was however fantastic and we had a lot of fun joining the oldies in their daily gettogether before dinner. Moreover, Karamea is at the entrance of the beautiful Kahurangi National Park. Along the Heaphy Track, another one of the great walks, we made our way to the beautiful Scott’s Beach, which we shared with no one but a cute little seal. Then we walked practically every short walk in the absolutely stunning Oparara basin, where we were blown away by beautiful natural arches, caves, rare blue ducks and other natural treasures. W. O. W. Those ends-of-the-line work for us! # Even though in a straight line it would only be around 75 km to the Northern tip of the South Island, there is no direct road there. From the West Coast we had to drive all around Abel Tasman National Park to reach the northernmost point of the South Island; Farewell Spit. The drive is worth it though, we passed some seriously contestants for 'most beautiful view’ and made several stops in the Golden Bay before we reached the end. Especially the walk, or more like climb, we made through proper Hobbit scenery to find the well hidden Harwood’s Hole and adjacent view over the valley took our breaths away. We ended the day with a simply perfect sunset at Wharariki Beach with its iconic arches on the shore, life is good! # The last drive we took on the South Island was probably our favourite; it took us right into the Malborough Sounds along the so called French Pass. We had attempted to take this drive after saying goodbye to our friends, but the sky was crying at the time so we didn’t see a thing and returned. This time though, it was perfect. The sky was almost clear, the gravelroad wasn’t as bad as can be and the scenery was amazing. Dramatic views of bushy, green sounds popping out of the sea, exotic emerald waters and fields with lambs all along the way. No picture would capture the beauty of this place as it is, but I tried anyway. 😜

And then we reached Picton.. After 2 amazing, breathtaking and overly satisfying months, some very dear new friends, the most unefficient route, 2 flat tires, a new waterpump, a completely new wardrobe and a new pile of memories it is time to get on a ferry for the next part of our New Zealand adventure; on to the North Island! 🇳🇿⛴🌏

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Peter Yealands Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2017

Peter Yealands Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2017

Last Saturday night, my best friend and I were long over due for a catch up. We popped down to our local Mexican restaurant, Taco Bill, the restaurant allows BYO wine and I brought a bottle of Peter Yealands Sauvignon Blanc to go with our Mexican fare.

The wine was from the famous Sauvignon Blanc region of Marlborough New Zealand. Showing the classic Sav traits of pale yellow in colour, citrus…

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In a Britain in an alternate universe where paganistic villagers performed fertility rites, sacrificed policemen in burning wicker effigies and sang folk songs with hidden paganistic undernotes you can imagine this compilation being enjoyed on PYE stereo systems or in-car Grundig cassette players.

Mental imagery of remote rural areas of the UK like the Pennine ridge of the Yorkshire dales and the Peak district with perhaps lots of woolen sweatered fishermen or farmer types (because why there would be fishermen in the Pennines I have no idea. Holiday perhaps?), busty lusty young Brit Eckland look-a-likes and manbeards worn for warmth rather than style. Burning log fires in remote rural public houses on the moors. Folk musicians holding their ears to keep in tune and the familiar pong of veganism. These are all brought to mind when listening to the British dark folk compilation John Barleycorn Reborn (JBR) (2007).

I had long lusted after JBR since Amazon first suggested it would sit nicely in my music library. Of course, not feeling confident that I would enjoy it because of the number of bands and songs I’d never heard of, I resisted, seeking only to try and obtain it during the great internet download free for all of the mid to late noughties. However, as recently as last year, I found the album on Apple Music together with its brother and followup compilation, John Barleycorn Reborn: Rebirth (2011).

As I took great interest in the neofolk movement that took alternative, mature and adult music to new levels across continental Europe the late noughties, I’m more aware that JBR is purely a British attempt to break into an already dying subculture. Yes we had the hauntology bit on our side (as the likes of Belbury Poly and similar bands from Ghostbox have shown) and we do hauntology well, but the dark/neo folk was becoming old hat and middleaged exgoth hipsters were already starting to reinvent themselves in other ways.

The compiler has put a lot of effort into these albums and, while they ooze hauntology, they stink of the imitation of the earlier neofolk compendium Looking for Europe (2007) which is much richer in diversity. Some strong acts feature especially the likes of Sieben, Sol Invicitus, Far Black Furlong and Martyn Bates while other groups linger, tempting the listener to delve into their own back catalogue while supping a nice warm frothing pint of Badgers Nipple and smoking a pipe.

Track listing for John Barleycord Reborn: Dark Britannica

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John Barleycorn 3:56 The Horses Of The Gods North, County Maid 2:40 The Owl Service The Wicker Man 2:31 The Story Spirit of Albion 4:16 Damh the Bard Twa Corbies 5:14 Mary Jane Dives and Lazarus 6:30 Andrew King Three Crowns 5:38 The Triple Tree To Kills All Kings 5:01 Sol Invictus Ogham on the Hill 4:04 Sieben Horn Dance 3:31 Sharron Kraus Lay Bent To the Bonny Broom 7:55 Charlotte Greig and Johan Asherton The Burning of Auchindoun 5:44 Pumajaw The Scryer and the Shewstone 5:07 Peter Ulrich Where the Hazel Grows 4:31 alphane moon Hippomania 6:51 English Heretic Icy Solstice Eye 3:28 Far Black Furlong John Barleycorn Must Die 4:37 The Anvil To Make You Stay 2:55 Tinkerscuss Trial By Bread and Butter 3:37 The Straw Bear Band The Sorrow of Rimmon 3:56 Electronic Voice Phenomina Dragonfly 4:21 The Purple Minds of Lazeron Stained Glass Morning 5:56 Sand Snowman Summerhouse 5:11 The A Lords The Guidman’s Ground 4:19 The Kitchen Cynics PewPew 2:33 Quickthorn Reed Sodger 4:20 Clive Powell Child 102 Willie and Earl Richard’s Daughter 7:33 Venereum Arvum Nottamun Town 6:55 Drohne Gargoyle 6:16 Stormcrow Pact 4:21 Doug Peters Obsidian Blade 5:07 While Angels Watch John Barleycorn: This Life, Death and Resurrection 4:51 Xenis Emputae Travelling Band The Resurrection Apprentice 2:31 Martyn Bates

Track listing for John Barleycorn Reborn: Rebirth

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The Rolling of the Stones 2:04 Magpiety All Hallow’s Eve 5:05 Story, The Wood 4:57 Telling the Bees John Bonny Jaycock Turner 2:42 David A Jaycock Oh My Boy, My Bonny Boy 2:30 Yealand Redmayne The Bold Fisherman 4:36 Charlotte Greig & Johan Asherton Tierceron 4:00 Steve Tyler The Wendigo 6:24 Wendigo, The Wake the Vaulted Echo (Tigon Mi 4:53 Owl Service, The East Room V 3:33 Far Black Furlong Brightening Dew 3:10 Xenis Emputae Travelling Band Corvus Monedula 4:08 Sedayne Bear Ghost 5:02 Straw Bear Band, The Scythe To the Grass 3:06 Novemthree Lavondyss 4:55 Paul Newman Kingfisher Blue 5:16 James Reid (Digging the) Midnight Silver 4:18 JefvTaon Children’s Soul 1:48 Wooden Spoon A Dream of Fires 3:21 Big Eyes Family Players, The Improvisation At Kilpeck, June 4:18 Sundog Ca the Horse, Me Marra 11:17 Clive Powell Jack In the Green 2:41 Mac Henderson And Grand Union Morris Seven Sleepers, Seven Sorrows 11:58 Cunnan The Silkie 3:52 Orchis Thistles 5:28 Twelve Thousand Days Harvest Dance 2:31 Novemthree Elder 3:45 James Reid When I Was In My Prime 5:07 Mary Jane Ognor Mi Trovo 3:18 Daughters of Elvin De Poni Amor a Me 6:17 Misericordia Child 102 (Lily Flower Mix) 7:54 Venereum Arvum John Barleycorn Must Live 5:37 Anvil, The The Old Way 0:45 Sunshine Coding

  John Barleycorn Reborn: Dark Britannica – Various Artists [#648] & John Barleycorn Reborn: Rebirth [#649] In a Britain in an alternate universe where paganistic villagers performed fertility rites, sacrificed policemen in burning wicker effigies and sang folk songs with hidden paganistic undernotes you can imagine this compilation being enjoyed on PYE stereo systems or in-car Grundig cassette players.

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2017 in pictures (1)

Time to take a look back on 2017. Quite a year. I’ll do this in chunks, beginning with January to mid-March.

After a quiet early January it was off to New Zealand for three weeks. I began with a couple of days in Hawke’s Bay, and this picture shows Syrah in the Gimblett Gravels region: this is one of Craggy Range’s vineyards.

This is me with Craggy Range winemaker Matt Stafford, after a range tasting. Picture credit: Hannah Burns.

This is the view from the Te Mata Peak in Hawke’s Bay: a wonderful place

Then on to Central Otago, which is always a beautiful place to visit. This is a dramatically situated vineyard in Gibbston.

This is looking across Lake Dunstan from Bendigo, towards the Pisa subregion on the other side. The lake is hidden.

The famous view from Rippon in Wanaka.

In Marlborough we had a Pinot Noir safari, exploring the best sites in the region for the Pinot: the southern valleys and the Awatere. Marlborough is making some very impressive Pinot Noir these days, but it’s been hiding a bit in the shadow of Sauvignon.

Villa Maria’s Seddon Vineyard in the Awatere, Marlborough

Mel Brown, Clive Dougall, Kat Wiggins and Bree Boskov, at the Churton vineyard at the end of the Pinot safari.

In Wellington for Pinot Palooza. Here I’m chatting to Yealands senior winemaker Natalie Christensen. We’ve had lots of subsequent chats, too!

At the Pinot Palooza: Hannah Burns of Craggy Range and Rudi Bauer, Central Otago winemaker

Pinot 2017 in Wellington was epic. Lots of good people, too. Here’s Dean Shaw (Central Otago winemaker – he’s responsible for a lot of Central wines) and Andrea Frost, the talented Australian wine writer.

And here’s too cool for school Theo Coles (winemaker in North Canterbury) and Rebecca Goodall (UK sommelier).

In the Waipara I took part in the Forage North Canterbury event. It was brilliant. Participants split into teams and then went foraging, and a group of chefs then made a stunning multi course menu from the foraged food. Follow the link for a video of the day.

We also had an aromatics symposium in Nelson. This is James Millton (winegrower in Gisborne), Melanie Brown (of the NZ Wine Cellar in London) and Peter McCombie (co-chair of the IWC and consultant).

A wine flight took us over four different regions on the way to Hawke’s Bay. This is Marlborough, with the town of Blenheim in the distance.

In the Hawke’s Bay: here I’m with Steve Smith.

After New Zealand it was off to the Mornington Peninsular in Australia for the Pinot celebration. This is a region that really excels with Pinot Noir, as well as Chardonnay.

This is the view at Yabby Lake, one of the top producers in the region.

And this is a new close-spaced vineyard at 10 Minutes x Tractor, who are making some superb wines. They’ve just hired Sandro Mosele from Kooyong, so things are looking very promising for them.

At the celebration, pictured here: Paul Pujol (Prophets Rock, Central Otago) and wine writers Jane Skilton, Joe Czerwinski and Huon Hooke.

Also in February, a trip to Vancouver for the Vancouver International Wine Festival. Harbour Air, operating out of Vancouver, is the world’s largest float plane operation.

The focus of the festival was Canada, and I took part in a few panels. The Canadian wines showed really well. See here, here and here for write ups

Vancouver in February

Then it was off to Elgin, in South Africa, for some vintage. I spent a day each with four wineries, getting stuck in. This is loading the press with Riesling at Iona.

Almost full

This is filling a basket press at Almenkerk

These are good-looking Sauvignon Blanc grapes waiting to be harvested at Elgin Ridge

Digging out an egg at Elgin Ridge

Sorting Pinot Noir, Paul Cluver

There will be a noble Riesling in 2017 at Cluver

Crushed Sauvignon in the press, with dry ice pellets sitting on top, Almenkerk

Also in March, I visited Greece to speak at the Oenorama conference, and taste a lot of very good wines

This is Giannos Signals, whose shop, Mr Auster, has an amazing selection of wines from Greece and elsewhere. Giannos showed me round the fair and pointed out some of the most interesting producers. There’s a lot of good wine being made in Greece.

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Drawing 3D Object Exercise

Drawing/Painting/Rubbings of Peter Yealands wine bottle from class

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Peter Yealand's Sauvignon Blanc + A Lemon Cake = The Perfect Evening

Peter Yealand’s Sauvignon Blanc + A Lemon Cake = The Perfect Evening

These days, I’ve learned to appreciate “girls night IN” more than “girls night OUT”. After a long work week or hectic day, there’s nothing better than having a couple of your closest friends over to enjoy a chilled bottle of wine and some sweet treats.

And the other day I did just that! I’m really loving on this eco-focused wine brand I came across called Peter Yealands. My favorite variety…

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New Zealand Wines Winners in Recent Canadian Wine Awards

New Zealand Wines Winners in Recent Canadian Wine Awards @winealign

2013 WORLD WINE AWARDS OF CANADA

WineAlign’s 2013 World Wine Awards of Canada is a brand new competition yet the judging team are seasoned top wine writers and sommeliers who spent five days blind tasting 1,000 wines!  New Zealand was there to…

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Peter Yealands’ land mower. 🐑

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A ma zing vineyard views at Peter Yealands Estate. 😍

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Amazing views from Peter Yealands’ vineyard. 💦