GRAPE SEASON PROMISING

A mild winter, warm spring and sunny December got the grape crop off to a great start. With vines packed with fruit, growers predict a substantial and early harvest, reports Wines From Martinborough.

“Like holidays-makers, grapes generally prefer warm sunny weather at this time of year. But patchy cooler weather with wind and rain since Christmas has slowed growth only slightly, with winemakers reporting they are very happy just now,” says co-ordinator Sue McLeary. … Continue Reading

Cross Creek Blues Club

If you weren’t among the capacity audience filled the Tin Hut for the first Cross Creek Blues Club of 2014, check out at http://crosscreekblues.org Our very own Bob Cooper- Grundy and Kate Marshall combined with Karen Clarke, Wayne Morris and Warwick Hill to bring us “Hard Candy” a searing blend of country rock and blues with some boogie and swing. … Continue Reading

Active Tennis Classes

Active Tennis Classed starting again at the end of January. The classes have been very popular in the last three months. It is not your ordinary tennis class, but an intensive tennis workout, designed to improve your tennis and fitness using a non-stop drilling method. Everyone that joined one of the sessions really enjoyed it, so if you like to know more about Active Tennis contact Marco de Groot (details see below). … Continue Reading

World’s first Word Club to start in Martinborough

ADDAGRAM: The children at Word Man John Ansell’s holiday reading session at the library magically transforming ELEVEN+TWO into TWELVE+ONE.

Are you a word lover or trivia buff aged between 8 and 108? Do you love laughing, learning about, singing and playing with words?

Then I’d like to invite you to a new kind of club. It’s called The Word Club and it’s launching right here in Martinborough at the Lions Den in Oxford Street on Tuesday 18 February at 7.30pm. … Continue Reading