These are consistently late and I am sorry, I am going to work on that, and I am also going to work on creating vlogs for you so that you don’t have to sit and read through all this….   Two more weeks have passed and I have had a dosser on my sofa for…

These past two weeks have gone by faster than any summer holiday (name that film) and I have had a few ups and downs……   Let’s start with the ups.  The first part of the week was spent sourcing wines, one of the best parts of my jobs.  Especially when you turn up to a…

I had to sit and go through the pictures in my phone last night to try and recall all the things that I have done over the past two weeks, there seems to have been so much going on!   It all started two weeks ago on the weekend, I had had a hectic week…

As I sit here typing this I am looking at the crowdfunding total and it’s just about to roll over £5,000 worth of pre-orders.  That is incredible and such a boost to see that so many people support what I am trying to do.  So a huge thank you to all that have supported me…

As I missed out writing a blog for the week first week the TV show Second Chance Summer went out, I am going to do a bit of a catch up. The evening of the show, however, was entertaining as I was in a local restaurant called Rintocco, which is in Cinigiano and in my…

With episode two of the show going out this week, I thought I would write a bit of a background on how I got to be part of the cast of Second Chance Summer. Being part of a TV show sounds kind of fun, an adventure. In a way, it was all of those but…

My previous two weeks have been a little strange and it all began with a visit to my friend Stavros. A short drive from my place at Castel Porrona, just outside Cinigiano, takes you to his farm which heavily featured in Second Chance Summer.   When I arrived there was a coach parked on the drive,…

There are two things that seem to follow me around since I have been in Tuscany, one of them is images of owls, which I won’t get into that now.  The other is coincidence, and coincidence played a big part in our adventures these past couple of weeks. Last week a real chance encounter led…

A few weeks in now and what an adventure it has been.  I have had my two friends over who are thinking about going into business with me, I have had the camera crew follow me around again.  I have moved into my own apartment and, I have selected the first group of wines I…

I guess my journey started back in the late 90’s.  I was “travelling” in Australia, and when I say “travelling”, I mean I was living in Perth and trying to be as Australian as humanly possible. All in the blind hope that someone would say “nah mate, you’re too Australian, you can stay for good”. Obviously…