I bet you haven’t seen this before. #diehard

That's rather potent. Not the cork, your aftershave. Strong enough to bury anything. But the wine is quite excellent.

Is it going to rain or not? The weather app says no, and the sky is saying probable.

Wednesday

I no longer watch the news. I just read. This book, The life of Fleming by John Pearson. It’s a good read and in better chronological order than Ian Fleming, The Complete Man.

I’m still on this mission. At Goldeneye I was talking to someone, a person of interest. We spoke for about ten minutes and exchanged contact details. That’s to be followed up. Secondly. I had a conversation with Ian at the Vineyard. ‘The wine is receiving good reviews and

Friday

Good morning from the vineyard! Hodges has started to harvest his field.

Start with a Vesper!

All tall order. Let’s hope that there aren’t any breakages.

What do you think?

Money is despicable stuff but it buys Renoirs. - Ian Fleming

I’m missing Jamaica! Curried goat, rice and peas, Holsten Pils. Perhaps I’ll mix up a rum punch later.

Here’s my rum punch based on a recipe I picked up, but with a variation as they can often be made too sweet! I’ve varied the recipe slightly to make it less sweet and sharper. Two measures of gold rum Three measures of tropical juice A measure of pink grapefruit juice A measure

Good morning from the vineyard!

‘Pity about your liver, sir. An unusually fine Solera. '51, I believe.’ ‘There is no year for sherry 007. ‘ ‘I was referring to the original vintage on which the sherry is based sir. 1851, unmistakable.’

Start with a Vesper!

A Sunday lunch paired with a Chapelle D’Ausone 2005. An excellent second wine that drinks like a first growth.

Ah, Bollinger!