Archive for July, 2008
Veraison in the vineyard
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Last night I took a long stroll through our lower areas in the La Cruz Vineyard. Veraison is well under way in most blocks. For those of you who aren´t familiar with this term, veraison refers to the coloring of the Pinot Noir and Syrah grapes. It is important for many reasons: birds! Being surrounded […]
Freedom: We must never forget what it means.
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008I have to say that my mind keeps coming back to the moving images of Ingrid Betancourt as she embraced her mother, and then as she embraced her children. I have given up on watching the news: it seems that we rarely see news that inspire us. Last night as I kept seeing the stories […]
