Hi- Basti here-and I'm now 3 years old. Had a very enjoyable party 2 weeks ago, and got some super presents including a battery operated Thomas and a collapsing bridge for my (beloved) train set.
It doesn't seem like yesterday that this blog started although it's over 3 years ago when I was being threatened with the name "Cadwallader". And "Coriander" is due next week, so Mummy is quite a size, as you can imagine. Not sure what it will be like to have a sister, but as long as she will be able to kick a ball around pretty quickly, I am sure that we will be great friends. Otherwise I don't suppose that my life will change much, or am I in for a surprise? Wonder how I would have got on at school as Cadwallader Hughes Beguet- it has a certain ring, don't you think. See that Bastian Schweinsteiger, the only famous Bastian apart from me, is described today in the Telegraph as a Colossus of the German football team, which I think is a compliment!
Suppose that I may have to share my wine empire with my sister, well, a little bit of it anyway, but I can live with that, particularly as this week Daddy has bottled last year's harvest and so there are nearly 11,000 bottles of the 2011 vintage in the winery. The more observant of you will have spotted that we don't normally bottle until almost the day we start picking the next year's grapes and so this is most unusual with both the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations finishing in record time last year. Apparently it is all looking good and I will update you on what it tastes like after Grandpa and I have got together next month and compared notes. I particularly like the Ploussard which is a delicate number and seems to come from a bottle marked R-I-B-E-N-A; I'll probably be able to read soon and then fully appreciate the tasting notes.
You may be able to detect in the photo above not only the pub sign on the front of the winery, but also the organic (Agriculture Biologique) green sign on the side. Already the 2010 vintage shows the "en conversion" statement, as will the 2011, and the 2012 crop this September will be the first to be fully organic. A long hard slog for Dad whose tractor has a habit of breaking down just when another spray is due, but worth it in the end. My Ploussard certainly tastes cleaner and fresher without the additional chemicals applied to non-organic wines, and so does GP's.
Well that's about all the HB news at present, although you may want to see my video from the VE-Day commemoration.
Not sure how I am going to be able to combine life as world-class trombonist with an award-winning domaine, but as you can see I am pretty versatile. Will get sis to say a few words to you in July. Hopefully then I will be able to announce a French or English win at the Euros.....?
Love to everyone
Basti xxx
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