A Spot of Passion, Anyone?

The Concise Oxford English Dictionary and I like each other very much. We really do. The deft task of opening the said book, looking up a word and closing it again should be so simple, yet…every time I try and accomplish that task, my eyes wander, become a little glazed almost and I embrace the volume and run my eyes lovingly over the surrounding words and pages, unable to stop myself from learning more, fuelled by my Passion for words. Now then, I have your full attention, I just knew the opening gambit would make you all read on! With Valentines Day quickly approaching, I thought I would base my little prose around that very word - Passion.

This is a feeling we like very much at Montinore and trot out, with justification, on a fairly regular basis. We like to think of ourselves as a fairly passionate bunch of people, whether our place of work be in the vineyard, winery or in the marketing arena. Having strong emotion, being interested in and enjoying what we do, has brought bigger rewards to us than just "doing the job."

In the winery, giving tender loving care to our wines and fine attention to detail can make all the difference between an average and good, excellent to outstanding wine. The Passion we show is a year round process, and we continually try and improve our skills and knowledge in order to make the product better.

Perpetual New Beginnings

The subject of “Spring Cleaning” is an evocative one.  Of course cleaning up the yard or cleaning out the house after a long winter is the primary reference, but it can apply at other times of year as well.  It can describe activities such as raking leaves in the autumn, cleaning windows anytime of the year, cleaning out the kitchen, cupboards, car, etc., whenever fancy strikes.  What the phrase really strikes at is a sense of a fresh start – a new look at an old view, a new use for cluttered space, a new beginning in a small or large way.