Showing posts with label Gavin Berry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gavin Berry. Show all posts

Monday, November 30, 2009

WEST CAPE HOWE Wines :5 Points Of View / 5 Levels Of Reality In Picture Taken @ WEST CAPE HOWE, western Australia Feb. 12-13th 2008?



Enjoy this picture that I took of me holding my wine glass out and taking a picture of the white wine inside it as well as the Sauvignon Blanc vineyard just beyond and the beautiful blue skies and the hills beyond that as Chris Pigott and I sat on the porch on the west side of the winery with Nick Stacey and Rose and later Gavin Berry. Such beauty, such tranquility : such excellent wine and company, too.

Can you see the five points of view that I count or the five possible levels of reality that jump out quickly at me? There may be more : there certainly are.

I love the composition of this picture that is partly luck once that I quickly frame it and snap away on my old Kodak Easy Share CX 4200 that worked well then with my double A batteries and still works today, Monday morning here at home in northern Virginia, 2009 on November 30th, 2009 and I pine for those wonderful moments that I spent in Denmark, western Australia seeing the vineyards like WEST CAPE HOWE who's wines I had been selling for quite some time : as well as having both Nick and Gavin tasting their wines at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits ( 3423 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Washington D.C. 20008 Tel : 202-363-4265 anthonyquinn@clevelandparkwine.com www.clevelandparkwine.com ).

We currently have the WEST CAPE HOWE Zeppaard Sauvignon Blanc in the store and that along with the red Zeppaard Shiraz are both doing quite well. It's about time for a visit from either you Gavin or you Nick to get me to buy more of your excellent wines. Even an email would be nice to hear how things are with you these days.

Cheers, TONY

Monday, August 31, 2009

I Miss You Gavin! Gavin Berry Of WEST CAPE HOWE, Western Australia Examines His Vines & Grapes Before Harvest, Feb. 2008 W/ Chris Pigott & Tony Quinn




This was a once-in-a-lifetime-experience and trip for me and so I took lots of pictures. I'd like to take this occasion to share them with you now and to help shed some necessary light on the good/great work that some of these smaller vineyards are doing in Australia to bring the world some pretty special wine. It can compete with any of them in balance, focus, finesse, charm and appeal. These wines are also quite reasonably priced.

Now as Australia is really struggling in the wine market I want to do more to help them in any way that I can. I'm due to buy some more WEST CAPE HOWE wines and I will ask my Country Vintner rep Arielle Monaco what is in stock as I am really low here on the last day of August, 2009.

Cheers Gavin and I hope to see you soon I hope. It's been way-too long. You are due to do another in-store tasting of your wines at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits ( 3423 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington D.C. 20008 sales@clevelandparkwine.com www.clevelandparkwine.com Tel:202-363-4265 ). You are certainly welcome anytime. Best to everyone back at WEST CAPE HOWE that made our visit so memorable and rewarding.













This was a gorgeous day in Western Australia as Chris Pigott and I got a tour by Gavin Berry of WEST CAPE HOWE in Denmark, Australia before he got us to our next rendezvous with Dan Pannell of PICARDY vineyard in Pemberton, Western Australia.

I took some pictures of the vines and the grapes that we inspected on the drive with Gavin as he drove us around touring the countryside and his vineyards and vines. It was so nice and hot this day and Chris Pigott and I were having a blast on this trip, just the two of us.

I will never forget this trip and I miss you Gavin. So here's to you and to your continued success as well as that of WEST CAPE HOWE. Cheers, and enjoy these photos of the Sauvignon Blanc grapes, Chardonnay, Riesling, Shiraz and more I believe. TONY