2018: Day 13 (Bonus!) Chain Reaction! There. We said it. For 16 months, we’ve been sitting on this poorly kept secret not knowing exactly when it was safe to announce the name of our winery. Pretty much from the day we bought this property (or shortly thereafter) in 2017, we decided on the name Chain … [Read more…]
2018: Day 12 Because 2 chainsaws is better than one. I never thought I’d own a chainsaw, let alone 2. After all, I had gone 50+ years without the need. But things change when you buy a farm. Coming into 2018, we had an ambitious plan. At the time it didn’t seem so ambitious, but … [Read more…]
2018: Day 11 Coffee and cycling go hand in hand – just like PB&J, fish & chips, and Scooby Doo & Shaggy. On their own, they are good, but simply magical together. Last year was a year of change for a lot of people. Sometimes things that happen in your life that make you realize … [Read more…]
2018: Day 10 I have no problems with Millennials or the Gen Z crowd. As I got older, I thought I might. But if there is one thing I could pick out and criticize about Millennials, it would be the concept of a BFF. IMHO, it’s thrown around wayyyy too loosely. By definition, once you … [Read more…]
2018: Day 9 I just can’t let this go. Unfortunately, not all of 2018 was grapevines and sunshine. Some of the things that impacted us in 2018 weren’t all that positive. Since winning the election in 2016, Donald Trump has given me more sleepless nights than any person I’ve never met. I’m fairly certain that Trump … [Read more…]
2018: Day 8 In 1997, Joel and I were married on a paddlewheeler on the Fraser River. Hard to believe, but back then, Joel and I knew nothing about wine. Well we knew there was red and white varieties, and I knew I liked the yummy sweet white ones (I blame my mother for raising … [Read more…]
2018: Day 7 Dan! Everyone loves Dan. So, let’s celebrate Dan! Do we need an excuse? No, not really, but I think we have a good one anyway … As many of you know, Dan had a milestone birthday this year. It’s not my place to divulge his age, but let’s just say that there … [Read more…]
2018: Day 6 Ah, to be 22 again! Graduate from college with a bigger brain, ready to take on the world with my whole life ahead of me! It was a great time in my life; in fact, so great I decided to be 22 again this past winter. When I registered for the Viticulture … [Read more…]
2018: Day 5 Normally after the craziness of December, you get to relax and slow down in January (well in between starting diets and going back to the gym). This January was anything but relaxing for us. Joel was busy with viticulture school and travelling back to Vancouver on weekends, while I had most of … [Read more…]
2018: Day 4 Kona!! To some of you, the word is a place – a pretty awesome place with sun, sand, fruity cocktails and volcanoes. You wouldn’t be wrong. But to many of us “Kona” means the Ironman World Championships which is held every October in Kona, Hawaii. It’s just called ‘Kona’ for short. Mention … [Read more…]