Table for two It is warm outside, but it may gets warmer inside, so we decided to eat outside. "Your table is almost ready, care for a glass of wine while you're waiting? We have an excellent dry Riesling that is perfectly chilled." Table pour deux Il fait chaud dehors, mais il peut faire plus […]

A winged visitor. This is a Golden Eagle from the mountain, but this one belongs to somebody. Its wing span is about 6', but weight only 10lbs. They can live to be 40 years in captivity. Un visiteur ailé. C'est un Aigle Doré de la montagne. Mais celui-ci appartient à quelqu'un. Son envergure d'ailes est […]

Now it is the well pump that broke. I thought for a minute we were out of water... It was just the pump. It was all cover in iron. There's lot of iron in the water around here! We replaced it, at a dear cost, but now we can finally water our vines. Un malheur […]

Our Generator broke. Both the exhaust pipes in the generator broke, so with friends who can weld and some imagination, we fixed it. We used a 90° iron elbow for gas line. Can't live without it when off grid. Notre Générateur est cassé. Les deux tuyaux d'échappement dans le générateur ont cassés. Nous avons donc […]

New Mexico Cliff Dwellings: Gina, her brother and girl friend, and I went to Silver City for the day and decided to go to the famous cliff dwellings along the Gila River. For thousands of years, groups of nomadic people used the caves of the Gila River as temporary shelter. In the late 1200's, people […]

Our vines have flowers: Some of our vines already have flowers (The Grenache). Nos vignes ont des fleurs: Certaines de nos vignes ont déjà des fleurs (Le Grenache).

Flowers in the vineyard: We have flowers in our vineyard...colorful flowers. That's good for our bees. Fleurs dans le vignoble: Nous avons des fleurs dans notre vignoble...des fleurs colorées. C'est très bon pour nos abeilles.

Another Silver for our Sangiovese We got a Silver medal at the San Diego International Wine Challenge. This is the third Silver for our 2016 Sangiovese. Yeah! But that's it, no more competition with this wine....Hell, what to do to get a gold?   Une autre médaille d'argent pour notre Sangiovese Nous avons eu une […]

Some deer visiting. The other evening a herd of does came to visit. There were two dozens of them with young ones. Most passed behind the house, in front of our windows, but some went in front to the guest house. Diva was good. She didn't bark, but she look at them and if outside, […]

Time to prune. We pruned the vineyard and it was time as the leaves are coming out. Temps d'élaguer. Nous avons taillé le vineyard et il était temps, les feuilles commence à sortir.