Thursday, 18 June 2009

Back home with the bells


Hadn't realised how much I missed those bells.

Well, it's all quite different being a little person, rather than a bump, but I must say it's all going remarkably well. I wake up, stretch, give a little murmur and bingo - milk. For what more can a chap ask? Apparently some bloke called Maslow has decided that milk won't necessarily keep me content (see -learning French already) for much longer but ftb it's the bees'! Apparently I am a very happy baby, am putting on weight and look a lot like GP (poor mite-GP).

Lots of coo-cooing and "who's a lovely baby", but at least you can get a sensible conversation with GP, usually along the lines of: Do you think Shearer's the man to get them back up? Wouldn't 4-4-2 be a better system? Will Newcastle have 3 managers again next season? and other similarly pressing and important world topics.

Lots of attention yesterday with all grandparents here, with Daddy managing to get most of them into the vines. Current task is to unwind the blue string, which was rolled up in February, to give support to the up-to-2m shoots which have emerged. This will also clear a passage for Daddy to drive his tractor up and down the rows without pulling the vines out. Estimated to be a 5 man-day task, the actualité is a tadge different. As diligently as the string was rolled up, in accordance with hundreds of years of experience, it seems totally impossible, however delicately handled, not to create an impenetrable 25m bird's nest within the first 5m of unravelling. Only another 500 strings to go by which time an asylum will be beckoning....

But on a positive note the grapes are formed, are looking good, and there seem to be the required amount. Only another 90 days to avoid mildew and various other diseases. Fortunately Louis Pasteur, who lived in Arbois, undertook a deal of research into vine/wine diseases, although, being pre-organic, Daddy can't use the chemicals since established; garlic and other sprays seem to be working at present. No doubt the wild boar which particularly enjoy the ripe grapes just up the road here in Mesnay will feature later this year. Hopefully GP will have been "let out" by then having disentagled himself from the fil bleu...

A picture of Daddy on his new tractor appears above, French technology permitting. Since then Daddy has undertaken a few modifications (a doddle,French), but most have been repaired, although the poor thing now has a squint. More photos of me shortly.

http://www.hughesbeguet.com/ is still w-i-p. Domaine names also seem to have dropped temporarily off the menu, but it will be another 10 months or so before the first bottle hits a store near you (OK- near me. Actually the store will be in the garage/cellar but will also hopefully be available in other discerning local outlets). If you want to join the vendanges as a picker in this glorious countryside at the end of September, volunteers welcome, and you can also meet me.

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