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The Vineyard Years, A podcast Chapter 19: Disaster Strikes

Posted on July 28, 2021September 21, 2021

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:52 — 7.5MB)Subscribe: Android | Email | RSSJust when things seemed to be going quite well, at least by our standards, out of the  blue, literally, came disaster. This in the form of the birds. In this case it was the early bird that got the (unripe)…

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Vineyard 72: laugh? I thought my trousers would never dry

Posted on June 19, 2020June 19, 2020

Or, laugh? I nearly went to Bradford if you prefer. One thing is certain if you’re going to own and run a vineyard in the far North, you’d better have a well-developed sense of humour. If I hadn’t banned myself from using the word irony, I’d be definitely rolling it out again for this vineyard…

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Vineyard 62 Being in control of your vineyard? No way

Posted on September 6, 2019September 6, 2019

I have to say this right up front, if you’re the kind of person who likes to be in control of his or her retirement life, maybe having your own vineyard is not the retirement activity for you. Unless you pay somebody to make the decisions / do the work for you. We do pay…

Vineyard 19 : Disaster Strikes

Posted on October 21, 2014November 20, 2014

It really grates to keep reading what a great year it’s been for grapes. It rankles to hear, on the radio, that there are 50% more vineyards this year than last. Well, you say, you sound a bit – dour. And I am. I haven’t been looking forward to writing his blog but I’ve put…

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