Norm was a firefighter for 32 years in the days before OSHA requirements were initiated requiring protective equipment to be used to prevent damage to ear drums from the blasts of fire engine horns and sirens. As a result he has some noticeable, but rarely...
Vancouver Island now sports a blossoming wine and cider industry – which was not there when I left 33 years ago. Their brochure welcomes you to the “Wine Islands” where there are more than 80 vineyards growing grapes for over 40 wineries on Vancouver Island and the...
For my dear Blog Followers, my apologies for my absence. As soon as we racked the wine and started the secondary fermentation, we left town for our postponed and much needed vacation/business road trip. Over 3,500 miles of fun, and wine! We travelled in and out of...
Before we pressed the 2010 vintages, we decided we should bottle the 2009 Petite Syrah. We had been collecting bottles, had soaked the labels off them, and washed them thoroughly. We had bought a transfer pump to move the wine from the carboys to the...
The wine making operation is taking over. Since we don’t have a winery building yet, or even a garage in which to make wine, we are making it in the dining room. The livingroom area has been shrunk by moving easy chairs and wine racks, and there...
