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Update from the Vineyard
It is the end of another busy week in the Durvillea and Astrolabe office, and with Jason and I off to Australia on Sunday to visit our Australian distributors, I have managed to run out of time to do...
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Art and Craft-musings on the banks of the Thames
Lois Waghorn This morning Simon and I woke ridiculously early as we struggle to adjust to Northern Hemisphere time. We went walking along the Thames. It was breathtakingly beautiful looking down the...
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The Durvillea Diary – October 13th –“Gimme my Cardonnay”
Everyone knows Chardonnay is making a come-back. Durvillea is eager to annouce that in addition to our Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio and Pinot Noir, our 2011 vintage will also include our...
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Spring has sprung down on the farm
Riesling vines ready for the experiment Seed ready to go Blossom trees are in full bloom. There is now a green haze over the vineyard as the vines leaf out. This year Nick and I have decided to plant...
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The Durvillea Diary – Cookies, oh my!
We Durvillea Girls love. to. bake. Yesterday (Labour Day) was my friend Tim’s 28th birthday. Tim has quite the sweet tooth - so I decided to bake him some world-famous-in-my-family cookies. My...
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Ah, how you doing? I haven’t seen you for a while…
I’ve fallen off the wagon, the blogging wagon. But I’m back – and I’ve got a really good excuse… THE INSIDER’S GUIDE TO THROWING A WEDDING (at Astrolabe Farm): Meg & Henry's wedding March 2011...
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The Genevieve Perspective
Me (Genevieve) on the harvester Hello Everyone I just thought I’d give you a little update on what has been a-happenin’ here at Durvillea. This is my first vintage, and I am learning lots of new...
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Hi Everyone Just a quick post today – Jane has been down in Timaru and Dunedin this week, so you can look forward to a blog coming from her next time. 2011 Durvillea Marlborough Chardonnay Ross, Hannah...
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Autumn is creeping into winter
The harvest is all finished and the vineyards have turned yellow and are now losing their leaves. The last of our grapes were picked on Saturday. Five rows of Riesling at Astrolabe Farm had been left...
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“The best laid schemes…”
“To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough”[1] is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1785, and was included in the Kilmarnock volume. According to legend, Burns wrote the poem...
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