Has just surfaced! Some of you may have been disappointed not to win our prize of "hard labor" ;-) at La Gramière, and may have even begun to wonder if anyone really did win!!?? Well, just this week I received an email from our winner, Kate McWiggins! I had actually been thinking about contacting Pim to see if we should re-draw a winner since I hadn't heard anything from Kate since the prize winners were announced. But lo an behold, there she was in my inbox!! How exciting.
Here's what Kate had to say about she and her husband and their adventurous lives!:
My husband and I are Americans who immigrated to New Zealand from San Francisco 2 years ago. So, it sounds as though we have both embarked on new journeys in our lives. We live in a small town on the North Island about an hour outside of Wellington, the New Zealand capitol and close to the Martinborough wine area which specializes in Pinot Noir. We are just enjoying a slower pace of life here in New Zealand and have not embarked on any new careers after hectic lives in the Bay Area. We bought an old cottage and have worked on fixing up the house and the garden. We enjoy good food and wine, of which there is an abundance here. Although my husband is always in sticker shock at the cost of wine here, there is no equivalent of the Wine Club in San Francisco.
How exciting for them, and for us! I can't wait to meet them and hear all about their adventures. I have dreamed of visiting New Zealand and have never had the chance yet, so we'll look forward to their visit this fall. I'm already thinking 
about what fun things Kate and George will get to do while they are here!
For the last 10 days straight I have been pruning, trying to get as much done as I can. My good friend, Anne-Elizabeth Peyroche d'Arnaud, amazingly spent the whole week with me pruning. This is a picture of her and her dog Cannelle (cinnamon) when we finished pruning the Syrah. The weather has been beautiful. My face and hands now have a nice winter sun-tan. The rest of me is as white as snow... it
looks kind of funny when I'm not wearing a turtle neck!
A Weed Badger update for those who are curious about that.... Well, there's still lots of pieces and parts laid out on the table. Matt spent the last two weekends pruning with us, so there's not been a great amount of progress. This week may be the week, we'll see.
I am starting my tastings for the wine guide, so please bear with me. It's going to be a very busy, but very interesting 2 weeks. I'll do my best to keep you up to date.
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