The Bottle |
Heading out to France on July 28th to bottle the wine. If all goes to plan should have 300 bottles (maybe a few magnums) which should keep me going for a while.
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:17:00 GMT |
Spraying the vines |
Just returned from another visit to Chateau Viranel, this time with an old mate of mine Rod. We were mates at College back in 1979. I was just getting B-Movie going, whilst he was singer in Sheffield ...
Posted by on Tue, 08 May 2007 10:52:00 GMT |
Happy Birthday |
Happy Birthday Ben Hovington 6 today. Went to Battersea Park zoo for picnic with his mate Max. Football crazy although we played cricket in the park.Off to Pizza Express in a minute.
Posted by on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:59:00 GMT |
Happy Birthday |
Happy Birthday Ben Hovington 6 today. Went to Battersea Park zoo for picnic with his mate Max. Football crazy although we played cricket in the park.Off to Pizza Express in a minute.
Posted by on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:59:00 GMT |
Wine and Music |
The inaugural vintage of my wine is under way. Accompanied by Mr.Paul Statham I returned to Chateau Viranel in January to prune my four rows of Grenache vines loaned to me by the very nice Bergasse fa...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:32:00 GMT |
Go wild in the country |
Just got back from a literally wild weekend in the Languedoc in the search for vines. Shared the flight over with Tony, a long time B-Movie fan, totally coincidental. Great company,thanks mate. Visite...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:58:00 GMT |
The nitty gritty |
So like picking up a bass guitar for the first time I need to learn the tools of the trade if I'm going to make my punk wine.At the moment I'm clueless. I have alot of knowledge about wine in my head ...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 03:40:00 GMT |
Winemaker Blog 1 |
I've had this idea for a while. It's a bit mad but I'm gonna do it. I'm going to make a bottle of wine with my own fair hands. Not those kits you can buy from Boots and the like - no the real thing. A...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:20:00 GMT |
Piano |
I have a cold. It's late. i'm tired. I'm alone apart from the two cats, Hector and Alfie both asleep. It's 11.30.Today I played the piano in the morning. It is quiet here without Louise and Ben. They ...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:00:00 GMT |
Never Mind the barrels.. |
Now I've made the seamless transition from songwriter to winemaker I'd better start figuring out how I'm going to do this.Is it a stupid dream or a possibility.I'm a good dreamer. I could dream for En...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 03:03:00 GMT |
