On the first day of Christmas, my manager gave to me,

Botrytis in my canopy.

On the second day of Christmas, my Manager gave to me;

Two bunches rotting and Botrytis in my canopy.

On the third day of Christmas, my manager gave to me:

Three posts a-leaning, Two bunches rotting and Botrytis in my canopy.

On the fourth day of Christmas, my manager gave to me:

Four wires snapping, Three posts a-leaning, Two bunches rotting and Botrytis in my canopy.

On the fifth day of Christmas, my […]

In Central did Pinot and Thyme
A love affair of wine decree
Where the Kawarau winds
and mighty Clutha branches find
Their way out to the sea
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With vines and trellis were laid down
And there were vineyards climbing slopes
Where spring brings bloom and autumn cold
And here did wineries elope
Making wine with whispers of gold.
(by Jake Tipler – based upon Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

Roses are red,
Wine […]