Where are things at? 
Regional perspective:  Well we are definitely in the home straight when it comes to ripening and heading for the vintage finishing line.  Reds have softened and coloured and accumulating sugar right now.  Pinot Noir has already been harvested for those lucky or unlucky enough to have some.  For sparkling base it is […]

Earlier this week I went along to the local cinema to see “A Good Year” featuring Russell  Crowe.  
Loosely it is about a high flying London-based bonds trader Max Skinner (Russell Crowe) who flies off to Provence to inspect a Chateau and estate left to him by his uncle who had brought him up as a boy.  […]

Out of the blue I received a surprising email the other day.  A lady by the name of Jacki had attended an art show just outside of Wollongong of a Jane Davenport.  The impressive feature was the many photographs and art pieces of ladybirds as well as pens, necklaces and other gifts.
In the email Jacki was […]