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@TheDarlingWines Something like the Sea Red from @ClearviewEstate? Also, we miss your face!

Had this amazing Tiramisu the other night. It is a tough one to wine match. Thought maybe a big red or something sweet?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #organic #nzwine⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 instagr.am/p/CMtc33hskFH/

@MrScottEddy Responsible pet ownership, animal abuse, animal rescue and rehoming 🐈🐕🐎🐄🦔🐇

What could you talk about for 20 minutes, with no preparation, that has nothing to do with what you do for work?

@RekaHaros We sit in an okay and safe middle ground. Love how supportive our locals are!!! But our tourism focused/specialist friends are being left to disappear over here 😢

@AnneInVino Murphy's Marlborough Garlic. Whilst you're ordering (direct!) get some Garlic Noir and shallots too. We're not just famous for wine 😊

The state of garlic sold in this country is an absolute scandal.

@Hilary_Barry You are beautiful, elegant and a lot of fun. I know they're poking fun at Marion by printing it, but it's a waste of paper and space. Don't give the Marions this platform @tvguideNZ. Bullying and freedom of speech are not the same. Liz (from beautiful, mostly sane, Blenheim)

I think Marion changing channels is a win for both of us.

@WKadvisory WK definitely walks the walk 👊🏻

Here are a few core behaviours we try to live into everyday at WK. These attributes are a reminder to our team on how we should try to shape our day-to-day actions. #accessible #dedicated #vibrant #integrity #caring #excellence #wkadvisory

@winegeeknz *we have all their details

@winegeeknz It was going so well. Now we're not seeing people trying. We gave all their details in our system but the app will make an outbreak so much more manageable. Now ee stand at the bar with a lovely smile and politely say 'I'll give you a moment to sign in BEFORE we seat you'.

quotes from the local newspaper when people were asked if they used the COVID app. We’re doomed #covid19nz

@MohammadHussain My friend of 5.5 years is a NZ resident from Hong Kong, speaks fluent English with a sweet Kiwi accent, has NZ quals and owns a house here, but her mother in law still gives her the task of folding 50 dumplings for the family meal... to go alongside ham, potatoes, pavlova etc 🤣

Growing up, my Muslim family never celebrated Christmas. This year I am not going home, because pandemic, so my roommates are teaching me how to have my first proper Christmas. I am approaching this with anthropological precision. Here are a few observations.

@MarkHubbard33 Nailed it team 😍😍. New menu Tuesday!

Our Arbour (Marlborough) take home three course meal. Entre was delicious.

@SiouxsieW We're constantly critiqued. Every dish, every moment. Sometimes we have to remind ourselves the mean 1% may be the loudest, but it's the gorgeous 99% that keep us in business. All the bubbles out here adore Siouxsie 😘

@RekaHaros $15,500 in cancellations today alone for us. But we have saved for such a moment and besides... like you we have a 'panic room'. I mean wine storage shed. I bought water for the shed. Seems like the responsible thing to do 😏

@RekaHaros I also bought a 'taste of home' as a gift for our new Italian chef who feels a long way from home and is ironically getting the flu (normal, safe, boring, every day flu).

@RekaHaros @winomofo You would be fine on our list. We're surrounded by wine and food lovers 😘

They're locking themselves in to protect us. It's a beautiful time to add more Italian wine to your list so that their distribution will need to order as soon as business resumes #drinkitalianwine

@RekaHaros Thank you for your blog and for what you are all doing to protect the rest of us 😘. I couldn't find your wine but I added six new Italian listings to our offering as a thank you #drinkitalianwine

The most infuriating box a 3kg ball of fury could receive for Christmas @Dyson 😂. She's spent a week trying to fit her #TintCat self into it!

@FlyAirNZ ✈🌈

@jamiegoode @Christina_SvR @robertjoseph @plemess @TheBuyer11 @peter_pharos @TweetaDean @FelicityCarter @AnneInVino @mattwallswine 😘

@Christina_SvR @ArbourDining @robertjoseph @plemess @TheBuyer11 @peter_pharos @TweetaDean @FelicityCarter @AnneInVino @mattwallswine You should meet Liz and Brad they have the coolest restaurant in NZ’s biggest wine region!!

I am setting up a newsletter so that you can receive a tidy monthly email with my rambles in 1 place. At the moment the content is v geeky but this will change as I start to write a series of #INTRO posts. #WINE FOR THE PEOPLE. DM me with your email if you would like to receive.