Thanksgiving at CHV As appetizers, we had pepperoncini peppers stuffed with blue cheese, brioche with goat cheese camembert and rhubarb jelly, brioche toasts with shrimps and eggs, with Mumm’s champagne. For the main dish, turkey legs rolled with chard, and a salad of greens with broccoli, beans and beets, cranberry sauce, and gravy, served with […]
Food and Wine Pairing Class from CHV
Food and Wine Pairing Class from CHV Gina and I did a Food and Wine Pairing class with all our 6 wines and some bites to match them at the Portal Café. Thank you to Mitch and the new chef at Portal Café for hosting and cooking the food. There were about 20 people and […]
Training on car opening
Training on car opening: Portal Fire Department had a training with Rodeo Fire Department on how to open a car in an accident. They got new toys (tools) and we got to play with them all morning on old cars. Fun! Formation sur comment ouvrir une voiture: Le département des pompiers de Portal a […]
It is cold out there…
It is cold out there… We might be still in fall, it is already colder than it was last winter. It went down to 26°F last night, just for an hour but still, this is cold. Very Cold. And it was 28°F the night before, and it’ll be 24°F tonight and tomorrow night. They said […]
Working on the Road to CHV
Working on the Road: The road to CHV was badly damage and cut through by the rain so I finally borrowed the blade from a neighbor for my tractor and fixed the road. Much better now. Refaire la route: La route à CHV a été terriblement abimée et coupée par de profondes saillies par la […]
What to do when overwhelmed by work?
Drop everything and go hiking for the day. We went last Thursday to the Onion Saddle for a day hike of 6 miles at about 7,000 feet of elevation. From above all the needy greedy from down there seems irrelevant .0 It was a good day. Quand vous avez trop à faire, que faire? Tout […]
WWOOFers WWOOFing at CHV
WWOOFers WWOOFing at CHV WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, or Willing Workers on Organic Farms and is a hospitality service operated by a loose network of national organizations that facilitate homestays on organic farms. We got our two wwoofers at the beginning of the month to help us with all our […]
Fire by the Research Center
Fire by the Research Center in Portal On a Sunday morning I was called to get on a wildfire in the forest behind the Research Center in the Chiricahuas National Park. Portal Rescue was the first one on site, shortly followed by Douglas fire department, and the Department of Forestry. The fire was quickly controlled, […]
Bottling our big Reds
Bottling our big Reds In preparation for the Willcox Wine Festival, we bottled our reds, Grenache and Mourvèdre, the week before. Only 33 cases total, but it took the whole day. Mark, the wine maker, helped as well as another winemaker. Mise en bouteilles de nos gros rouges. En préparation du festival du vin à […]
Willcox Wine Festival
Willcox Wine Festival We were lucky to be one of the 18 wine maker to be represented at the Willcox Wine festival (out of more than 50 wineries in AZ) last weekend (10/20-10/21). It was a lot of work, but we sold a lot of wine. I lost my voice in the process. Next year, […]
