Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Chard Farm and Then What

Can you tell I was listening to U2 when I wrote that last post? Funny stuff.

We've spent the last few days working another short harvest we found at a vineyard closer to Queenstown, in the Gibston Valley. Their harvest was short as it was just the "show" vineyard. Apparently most of their grapes come from nearby BannockBurn (where we just worked previously) and the vineyard at the actual processing facility/HQ (a beautiful mountain side chalet) is to have something around to show customers/tasters that visit. Needless to say those grapes were not pretty nor were they many. 3.5 days of work.

A couple of days rest in Qtown have us itching to do something and now it's decision time. Maybe a few more days of work, maybe some Magnet Bay racetracks (amazing left pointbreak just south of Christchurch), maybe both. Either way, Kaikora, famed as the "#1 right pointbreak in New Zealand", should be 4 meters + on Tuesday with offshore winds. I could tell you where we'll be but then I'd be stating the obvious.