The mornings on our farm cum vineyard are just splendid. The sky is high and blue, the air fresh and crisp, in short it’s just gorgeous. We are having a great time out here in Glenburn, and do not miss the big city in Thailand which is our home these days. Breakfast can be simple and sweet or hearty-savoury.
The local paper and a cup of tea
“Horse over egg”, a creation by my daughter Lucy
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Goodness me how the time passes. The year is almost over. Before coming to Glenburn, I thought that I could find the time to post every day a picture at least. And now I have not touched my beloved blog for a couple of days.
Christmas was wonderful. We celebrated with family and friends and it went on for three days. I got a new camera for Christmas, a Nikon Coolpix, and I have been playing with it. The photos below come from this new toy.
Our two dams are full after all this rain
The sky is blue with beautiful clouds
And in the evening the clouds turn red
And the night sky is just fantastic
Needless to say, we drink a lot of Two Hills Merlot these days. The days are warm and the nights are cool. The air is crisp and clean. It is very quiet here, especially in the night. This is paradise, heaven on a stick so to say. More soon.
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The mothballed Sauvignon Blanc block
Today, my brother in law, Michael, send me some photos from our vineyard. The above one depicts our 2 1/2 acres of Sauvignon Blanc which have been mothballed for the coming season. It look a bit wild. I will slash the grass in a few weeks.
Michael also met a snake in the grass. Is it a black or a tiger snake? Anyway, they are all poisenous.
Thanks Michael for the great photos.
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The Yarra Glen Hotel
Sunday live music is one of the highlights in the Yarra Valley. We used the opportunity twice listening to music at the Yarra Glen Hotel. On April 11, it was the Detonators who entertained us.
The Detonators at the Yarra Glen Hotel
It’s something for young and old, and Sunday afternoon is just the right time. I just love it. Needless to say that you can taste local wines from the Yarra Valley.
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We have hearty good food when on the farm in Glenburn. The beautiful autumn weather allowed us to sit outside and enjoy pasta dishes, meats, salads and other rural food in the mid-day sun. And we all love Italian cuisine.
Zucchini pasta
Insalata caprese
We also have wine with the food. Often we just open a bottle of Two Hills Merlot. But more often than not, we are tasting wines made by our friends in the wine industry. The cucchini pasta we had for instance with a bottle of 2009 Sauvignon Blanc from Steve Sadlier’s vineyard, Nenagh Park, in Yarra Glen.
It has no label as yet, what Australians call “clean skins”, but it’s a ripper of a wine, not in the New Zealand style but rather the one of Sancerre, France. Epicurus would give an arm and a leg to be with us, for sure.
Steve’s Sauvignon Blanc
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Leaving Two Hills Vineyard in Glenburn is always a sad affair. The evening before departure we bid farewell to our old friend Steve and our family, Michael and Helen. On Sunday morning we said good bye to our neighbours, Hillary and Ken. Then we drove to Yarra Glen where we left the car at Gayle’s farm. We had a morning tea, moved the luggage into her car and off we went to Melbourne Airport. Gayle dropped us there and we did the usual stuff.
Fortunately, there was a nice bar called “Plonk”, right next to gate No. 4 from which we were to depart for Bangkok. We went through their wine list and chose a wine from our wine region (the Upper Goulburn Wine Region), a ‘2008 Delatite Riesling’. What a delight this wine was, fresh and fruity with citrus and passion-fruit aromas, a good structure and a long finish. The waiter was particularly charming. Here we said our final good bye. Reminiscing about the past is an old man’s vice, but the memories we took with us are treasures of a very special kind.
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My new Daedong
My new toy is just awesome. A new tractor is just great after two years without agricultural machinery. Toys for boys, one could say. I really enjoy getting to know this new machine. I am slashing the vineyards and some of my paddocks.
Kioti is the name
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Live music schedule at the Yarra Glen Hotel
We just love live music. Many places in the Australian countryside offer such occasions. The Yarra Glen Hotel is one of them. This time it was the Leslie Avril Band which stepped in because the Chorlie Owen Band could not make it. When we arrived they played a country piece which did not go well with us. But we were rewarded for our patience. The Leslie Avril Band could also play blues, rock and many other music styles. I loved the violinist, she was just great. It was a very pleasant Sunday afternoon.
The Leslie Avril Band
The Leslie Avril Band in jazz mood
In the glasses
PS: I needed to cleanse my palate and drank beer.
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When you read this I might be high up in the sky, asleep on the plane and dreaming of my two weeks vacation on the farm in Glenburn, Victoria. Or if you come a bit late to this blog entry, I sit already on our terrace, enjoying the autumn days together with friends and family and we eat and drink, and laugh and have fun.
The wine we’ll drink will be definitively be Two Hills Merlot. We might also drink some of our friends newest releases, cleanskins, or right from the barrel. Or we take a long walk in the vineyard. Or I sit on my brnadnew tractor and slash the grass. Or or or. So many possibilities but one thing is sure: we will have a jolly good time.
I do not know if I will be blogging. I might start a series of short entries such as “a photo a day” or something like it. If you do not see me on The Man from Mosel River for a while do not worry. I will be in heavan drinking great wines in the company of friends. Seeya soon.
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I am ready for bed here in Siem Reap in Cambodia. Before hitting the hay, I checked the internet for a last time and what did I find? The celebrity chef Jamie Oliver in Marysville. Can you imagine?
The Worlds Longest Lunch was held in this small town, in the Northeast of Melbourne, savaged by the bushfires in February 2009. The event is part of the Melbourne Food and Wine festival.
Have a look at the little video depicting the star cook addressing the participants, many of them victims of the ferocious fires which destroyed so many lives.
I would have loved to be there.
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The Man from Mosel River
The Man from Mosel River 