I am keeping all my day jobs to support my vineyard habit. As opposed to selling my home in Carlsbad 4 years ago to buy another place with some rental income to help pay the mortgage, we have wound up with a hole in the ground into which we pour money!I was a partner...
We are collecting movies that have some sort of a wine theme. Here are some reviews FYI.Our very favorite so far is “Bottle Shock”, with Alan Rickman (Professor Snape from Harry Potter fame), Dennis Farina and Freddy Rodriguez. Based on the book...
The left picture is of the debris field. Crash site is on the right of the picture, under one of the large trees. Middle picture is the wing tips from the plane, the largest of the many parts found. The right picture is the dog tag we found after the Witch Creek Fire...
We have been very fortunate to have so many friends and some family too, who will work for food and wine. Norm and I have developed this entire vineyard ourselves with only their help. This picture is of the first group who came to help plant the first 300 vines in...
Visitors to the vineyard always want to hear the details of the story of how Norm began finding airplane parts as he plowed to prepare the vineyard for planting. They are fascinated when we tell them we found the dog tag from one of the Navy pilots after the Witch...
Norm likes to put on a fake French accent, twirl an imaginary mustache and say, “Oh ho! I am zee master recycler!” He has a pile of wood too short to burn, pipe, PVC, and buckets and tins of assorted stuff. He stops on the side of the road to pick up...
