Yellowbelly

Storms can't stop Lloyd from frying up the Yellowbelly. Great fish! Buckets of rain 5 minutes after this. Happy New Year everyone.


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Lightning storm

Fabulous light show by Mother nature.


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Brewing up

New Years Eve.


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Eggs

The bird that laid these eggs way out in the open is the size of a sparrow but the eggs are like bantams eggs. Ouch!
White bird, black and red markings, does great wounded wing impressions and runs very fast on ground to distract predators. Hard to photograph.

 


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Birds

Getting hungry



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Cabernet Franc

Found these in the middle of a vine whilst disbudding some Merlot. Don't know what they are.



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Paella

Steve cooking up a mean Paella the day after.



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Boxing Day

Fishing.


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Cinsault

Otherwise caled Black Prince. Good for eating. And Molly.



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Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos.

You can't see it very well, but this is one of eleven Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos that got into my Almond tree this morning. I don't think they are very rare , but I haven't seen them around for about 20 years.


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Merlot

Coming along nicely!


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CFA Ladies

The Country Fire Authority Redbank Ladies Auxillery Christmas Lunch at the winery. Fresh hot smoked ham roast Turkey and all the trimmings. Christmas pudding with hard sauce, Brandy cream sauce and fresh berries.



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Cultivation

Now that the drought has broken, we can cultivate normally. Of course, weeds are more of a problem but it is worth it.


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Inwine lunch

A delightful lunch at Lamaro's, in Cecil St, Sth. Melbourne to thank the Inwine Reps and staff. Scotty won the toss so I had to go quiet and drive back to Redbank.



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Sausages

Emily cooking some rather good "Jane's" aussie bbq sausages on the new wood fired bbq at back of house.



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Seductions by Tastebuds

Flashback to the very enjoyable Seductions lunch with Chef Achim Herterich at Redbank Winery on 14th Nov.. Have had some trouble blogging recently so will try to catch up.


 


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Balzac Dinner

Part of the happy crowd who had a magical feast at Balzac.



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Balzac

The incredible Eugene Casey addressing the wonderful guests at the fabulous Sally's Paddock wine dinner at Balzac Restaurant in Randwick, Sydney. An outstanding menu of excellent food wine matches by Chef.


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BBQ

New wood fired BBQ at the Winery.


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New BBQ

Knowing that Meister Chef Achim Herterich needs space to cook 80 racks of lamb for the Seductions Lunch on Saturday I thought a new BBQ was in order. 0.85 square metres of cooking area wood fired. Mount Gambier stone.


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Pre-Birthday dinner

Some good friends at Minh Tanh 2 in Little Saigon, Victoria St. Richmond, Melbourne for a nice dinner. Tommy Leung brought a 2001 Sally's Paddock but I topped him with a magnum of 2000. A 1997 Jim Barry Riesling was unfortunately oxidised. Probably a duff cork.


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Sunday evening

Just beautiful.


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OH Dear!

After this we went to a Tapas Bar for more drinks. Thankfully there are no photos of that.


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Tristan

Did no good with the gee-gees, but won a six pack of Three Sheets Ale in the raffle. The Lord Nelson is the best Brewery Pub in Australia. Maybe the World! Here with Tristan Hayden, son of the incomparable Blair.


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The happy team

Looking good here.


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Inwine Reps

Michael, Peter (Zoe) and Nigel hopping into it. Had a magnum of 1992 Sally's Paddock and some old Sally's Hill Cabernets. Gave Blair a 1986 Redbank Cabernet Magnum for his table. A very fine old wine, still sound but lacking a little after the middle palate now.


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Sydney

Melbourne Cup Day at The Lord Nelson Hotel in the Rocks. Lizzie, Julia and Olivia from Inwine.


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The happy crew at the Sally's Paddock, Flying Pig deli Stand. We served Jamon Serano with Spanish Anchovies and Redbank olives, then Hot Smoked Pyrenees Lamb on a Turkish Toddler roll with Redbank olive oil and Sally's Peach Relish. A selection of Calendar cheeses. Sally's Italian Chocolate Torte with whipped cream and Almond Biscotti. Tunisian Orange cake with Cinnamon sauce. Wines were 2007 Sally's Paddock, Sally's Hill Chardonnay, Shiraz and Pinot Noir. Fabulous!



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Pyrenees Escapade

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The start of a busy week with the Pyrenees Escapade at the Avoca Racecourse Function Centre on Sunday. Great Day, great crowd, great weather great wine and food.

Kieran and Sarah

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Holiday makers enjoying a Pinot or Two.

Pinot retro

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Kevin and Fran from the Moonambel Pub with brother Bill and Sally.

Pinot retro

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Some nice old Pinot Noirs '90, '92 and others up to 2000, tasting in the Smokehouse on Saturday.

Thhe Cup

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Don't know what won which, but it was a great day nonetheless.

Avoca races

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A great day for the Blue Pyrenees Cup at Avoca Races.

Sun Tour

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Ready to start.

John Carruthers

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the incomparable John Carruthers who is giving us a hand since mine is not working yet.

Grass problem

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Too wet to put a tractor in the vineyard so the grass is knee high in patches. Weather fine now though.

Pyrenees storm

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Storm clouds coming in from the South-East over the Pyrenees. Taken from Quoin Hill.

Invergowrie recovery

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and a BBQ lunch in beautiful weather

Class of 1984, Invergowrie

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The girls who came to the lunch.

Invergowrie 45th reunion

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The 45th anniversary of the Invergowrie class of 1984 was held in Redbank Winery on saturday the 2nd of October.

Spring sky

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Days are getting longer, sunsets are getting better.

City Wine Store

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Nice lunch of olives and almonds at the city wine store in spring st. Pleasant pinot /gamay but very tempranillo had a lot of character.

Claudio's birthday

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Charming birthday dinner for Claudio at his home in Sha Tin. Great Argentine style BBQ on the rooftop terrace, 1993 and 2003 Sally's Paddock from his cellar and also some interesting wines from Salvestrin Winery in the Napa. Photos: Jeremy, Tracy and Claudio and Cindy and Sophie.

Crab

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Delicious cold crab at the Western Garden Restaurant in Sheung Wan with Ng Wai Hing. Note the pickles in lower right corner. Some sort of chinese cabbage, absolutely wonderful. Nice bottle of Medoc made great lunch.

floods

just keeps on raining here. water everywhere!

birds

a grey shrike-thrush is laying eggs in the pony club helmet! the bird life around here is amazing and many more can be seen now the drought has broken.