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Warriors and Worriers

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Humour Leave a comment

Think Berries and Cream

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir 1 Comment

A light, aromatic crémant made in the traditional method from Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Crunchy berry flavours, fine bubbles, balanced acidity and a rounded finish. Great as an aperitif.

Calvet, one of the oldest French wine brands in the world, was founded in 1818 by Jean-Marie Calvet. He was born in 1789 in Anse, a small village north of Lyon. From his mother, whose family owned vineyards in Tain-l’Hermitage in the Rhône Valley, he inherited a passion for wine, founding Calvet in 1818 to commercialise the family’s wines. As Bordeaux was one of their biggest markets, Jean-Marie and his son Octave built warehouses in Bordeaux, opened an office in 1849, and expanded to Burgundy in 1870, to become the largest wine company in France in the 19th and most of the 20th century. 


All grapes are harvested manually, secondary fermentations (Prise de mousse) occurs in the bottle and there’s a minimum of 12 months of aging on the lees before it’s bottled. The vintage is declared every year, which emphasizes the quality and the typicity of the vintage.

Calvet Brut Rose Cremant

$15.49

12.5% alcohol

Bordeaux Cabernet Franc Calvet Merlot mystery case

Is it Friday already?

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Neighbours, Photography Leave a comment

Incredible Encounter

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Photography Leave a comment

Interesting Signage

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Humour Leave a comment

Dilettante or debutante

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in ALL Leave a comment

Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell


Everything you want in a biography: Extremism, Passion. Innovation. Genius. 


Anais was one of the most outlandish, complex individuals of our Century. You will reread many of the passages again and again in disbelief.


Read this, instead of Nin’s 69 odd diaries.

Anais Nin, Deidre Bair, ISBN 0-7475-2542-0

People are AWESOME

Posted on October 25, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

Life Choices

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Humour Leave a comment

Ground to a halt

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir 1 Comment

Dinner prep was stopped by the Grinder.  

Our usual sip whist doing prep got extended because it really caught us off guard.  

Lovely and dry, Pinotage is a cross between Cinsault and Pinot Noir.  This one, from the Coast Region of the Cape South Africa, is rich and intense.


So we carried on sipping and enjoying and then slowed down dinner (long slow stew the first night and a little left over for the chilli the next night) with extended sips over conversation.


Don’t let the silly label make you pass this one by.  It’s most worthy.


the Grinder Pinotage

$13.99

14.5% Alcohol

UPC: 06009806160486

Cinsault mystery case pinot noir South Africa Cape

Back in the Day (2001) – wearing whites

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Roger Harmston Posted in Terroir Leave a comment

You want me to cut WHAT?

And then you want ME to cook and serve it?

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