I have just come inside – it’s 9.30pm and still warmer outside than in after an amazing day. There is still a lovely mild fragrance of garlic in the kitchen following a simple French style meal. The sun slowly sank out of the sky as I once again tasted one of my reference wines… Sadly, […]
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Ten days ago, I had the pleasure of having lunch with Maree Lang, Principal of Melbourne based Sustainability consulting firm MLG Consulting, wine lover and fan of Paradise Rescued. In her recent past, Maree had the responsibility for developing the Sustainability Leadership Framework for Australia’s Plastics and Chemical Industry (PACIA). From day 1, starting with […]
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Every phase of the viticultural year has its challenges. 2011 will not be any different. Winter in Cardan wasn’t exceptionally cold and the sap has risen fast in each plant. The start of Spring has been sunny and warm and our vines are starting to burst. The optimism for the new season has to be […]
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There have been a couple of birthdays this week but none more important for us than the first birthday of our Facebook page! More than 80% of all businesses don’t make it to their first birthday and from what I observe, most Facebook pages never live that long also!! So congratulations to Nathalie, Lauren and […]
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The best thrilling news this week is the announcement of Sarah Goldblatt’s engagement. Sarah is the developer of our beautiful Paradise Rescued web site. Congratulations Sarah and Andy, with all our best wishes for your future life together. As most of our fans know, we always like to report good news! If the news is […]
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We were thinking about what we could write in this week’s blog. On the surface nothing seems to be happening, but underneath every part of the team is active taking Paradise Rescued to the next level. A lot of activity does not always mean strong progress and quite often the reverse may be true! It […]
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A year can be a short time or a long time? As Sœur Petite and Josiane Costa teamed up to bring us some photos of the new roses, I noticed that we had not yet shared any pictures of our wonderful winery. Less than six months ago we had a Garden garage just emptied of […]
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Sorry, no it’s not the name of a new rock band!! Just another exciting week in our Cardan vineyard. As winter comes to a close, the activity in the vineyard starts to increase. You may have read last week that the pruning is complete. Despite the wet weather, Pascale has been back in the vines, […]
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Pascale emailed us this week to give an update from the vines in Hourcat Sud. Essentially all the vines have now been pruned with their two remaining old shoots standing vertically, awaiting the start of spring before they are tied back to the horizontal wires and can form the bases from which the new shoots […]
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While continuing to work on bringing you our first video clip, it has been interesting scanning the internet to see the reaction to Paradise Rescued. We are naturally pleased that with the launch of our web site, our name is much more “visible” to search engines – a critical factor in promoting our brand and […]
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