A harvest job advert with a very frank description!
When Harper was searching for harvest jobs in the Napa Valley, he came across some job descriptions which surprised us! Here’s an excerpt from one “…this position requires working in a fast-paced, physically demanding environment, under conditions of physical and mental fatigue, while maintaining clarity, focus, and a positive attitude. Applicants must be willing to […]
Wine & Health – some good news for a change!
The World Health Organisation and all the public health authorities have been slowly reducing the ‘safe drinking guidelines’ for years. It’s a global conspiracy…not an actual conspiracy but an unspoken risk-aversion state of mind which pervades all public health thinking. Their approach is “If there’s any chance of harm, we’d better warn people”. Okay but […]
Harvest Poem by Indi
HARVEST The sun has barely risen, The day is still brand new, But there is movement in the vines, We have a job to do. There’s people of all ages, Who’ve come from far and wide, Everyone has gathered, To get the crop inside. With picking snips in one hand, And a bucket […]
On the tools
It’s hard to beat the food from a chef who’s on the tools in their own restaurant. Or wine from a vigneron who tends the vines and makes and sells their own wine. Consumers know this and would like to think all chefs own the restaurant they’re working in and all winemakers sell the wine […]
A Vineyard Poem by Indi
There’s a blush on the horizon,Colours run free.The darkness is bleached,She bares the world before me. I stand among an army,A maze of leaves and canes.Strength courses in these vines,Like the blood within my veins. Cushioned by soft hills,A view stretched to the shore.Branches sway to the southern breeze,A vineyard on the dance floor. Guarded […]