Sauvignon Blanc 2014: Smells rather like a sav... Not the vege-flavoured type, and not much identifiable fruit either, really. Dry. Acceptable as a food wine.
Riesling 2013: Riesling-y, minerally aromas, comes across as dry with citrusy acid. Drinkable alone, but would be better with food
Riesling 2008: Darker, smells similar but also as if it will ( Read more... )

A tasty tasting at Vino Fino this evening -- "NZ Black Caps vs the world", pairing black-capped NZ wines with overseas ones of the same variety, served blind ( Read more... )

I wish to enthuse about a couple of wine things ( Read more... )

I have rather more vegetable seeds than I can really use in a small garden. Anyone up for trading seeds for other seeds or taking a few seeds and sharing a few samples of the results? All these came from Kings Seeds (numbers are best-by dates). I haven't harvested anything from the first set yet, so can't comment about them ( Read more... )

Waifs and Strays' Christmas is returning once more, in its 13th incarnation under the current management. It's a Christmas Day pot-luck lunch and dinner for those KAOSians, mediævalists and suchlike friends, associates and acquaintances who find themselves at a loose end, away from family, wanting to escape relatives for a bit, or just seeking to ( Read more... )

marsden_online has posted a set of his and my photos from the Resort's Halloween party -- http://smu.gs/17HhHtm

OK, the weather forecast involves light rain and the wind picking up and turning to the south-west during picnic time. That's not going to be any fun! Tomorrow isn't looking an awful lot better -- less rain and wind, perhaps, but also lower temperatures ( Read more... )

marsden_online has posted a set of his and my photos of the first night of The 48 Hour Party -- http://marsden.smugmug.com/KAOS/2013-08-23-The-48-Friday/

marsden_online has posted a set of his and my photos of the Slave Auction Party -- http://marsden.smugmug.com/KAOS/2013-08-03-Slave-Auction/

marsden_online has posted a set of photos from the KAOS Black Rose Ball -- http://marsden.smugmug.com/KAOS/2013-06-22-Black-Rose-Ball/