First thing Monday morning I'm heading to the Registrar of Births, Marriages & Deaths & changing my surname to Archer. It seems yet another Aussie Archer is experiencing great success with a bonza product. Not only is brand French Essenceattaining world dominance faster than you can say ' Blog Superétoiles' than another Archer makes their mark.
Chris Archer is a well-known Aussie winemaker now living in New Zealand. He's created a cheeky non-vintage carbonated Riesling called Ritzling. He suggests drinking it with a twist of lemon & viola you have what the clever Mr. Archer calls a blend of 'pure happiness'.
Ritzling comes in a four-pack of 250ml. bottles & just check out that exquisite packaging. I'm sure Madame V. Archer would give it her tactiturn approval & may even want to add it to Shop French Essence.
So after what's been an extremely average week, I reckon come Monday & the name change, big things are in store for moi. I see a stunning farmhouse in the idyllic French countryside, an olive grove & a big book deal on the horizon - bring it on!! And Vicki if you read this post, I reckon you & I need to open a bottle or 3 of your relative's product for quality control purposes. It's the weekend, so go enjoy!
Ms Archer-to-be, this is a great find, and it would be one's duty to drink enough of it to collect a sufficient number of lovely empty cartons with which to wallpaper a room.
I'll take a doz. bottle too! How could one not enjoy this wine? Would make me happy just looking @ the bottles. I'm been out of the blogging world too long Millie. I hope you are super and I hope to get up to 'snuff' here soon. Bye the way, I think you should be given the title of Archer taste tester..no?
Having bought this lovely box at the supermarket a while back, purely on the packaging and the label, Bottled Happiness!... must say would enjoy sharing a bottle or two with you. Hope you are enjoying your Sunday
Well that is a very elegant product, I'd fill my pool house refrigerator with it if it were available around here. Great style you've all got down there!
Just in time for the celebration season I think - such gorgeous bottles it's almost irrelevant if they taste good! Let me know how the name change goes, if it leads you to a property in France you may have a few people joining the Archer clan! Tracey xx
Life in the little village of Stirling in the hills above Adelaide in South Australia is just about as good as it gets! Enjoying a cool climate and 'hill-station' feel, Stirling is well-known for its 19th-century stone villas set on large grounds dense with roses, camellias, rhododendrons and huge old Oaks.
With 3 sons, 3 grandchildren & my work in a scientific business dominated by yes, more men, The Laurel Hedge was born out of my sheer desperation for something the boys just don't get & never will!
Quote This!
'No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it all too seriously.'
15 years of renovating was over - we'd just completed everything & were really enjoying our lovely old Victorian villa in the Eastern suburbs of Adelaide. However we'd always had a fondness for the country life & without warning we found ourselves transported by alien beings disguised as Real Estate Agents to a house on 1/2 acre of wild, rambling gardens in Stirling!
The house is circa 1972 & with all the 70's features. Open-faced brown brick walls, raked ceilings, exposed beams, split levels - totally yuk! However, it's inherent design is great & the location amazing - tucked behind a wonderful old laurel hedge in a quiet country lane in the heart of gorgeous Stirling.
Start pouring Millie..... xxv
ReplyDeleteOh I'll have a glass or three too!
ReplyDeletelove the packaging,
xxx DJ
Oh it's so pretty... reason enough to give it a try! I am sure Vicki would give it her Aussie expat stamp of approval! A-M xx
ReplyDeleteMs Archer-to-be, this is a great find, and it would be one's duty to drink enough of it to collect a sufficient number of lovely empty cartons with which to wallpaper a room.
ReplyDeleteI'll take a doz. bottle too! How could one not enjoy this wine? Would make me happy just looking @ the bottles. I'm been out of the blogging world too long Millie. I hope you are super and I hope to get up to 'snuff' here soon.
ReplyDeleteBye the way, I think you should be given the title of Archer taste tester..no?
Happy weekend xx
It would be un-Australian not to give it a go surely?
ReplyDeleteHi Millie,
ReplyDeleteHaving bought this lovely box at the supermarket a while back, purely on the packaging and the label, Bottled Happiness!... must say would enjoy sharing a bottle or two with you.
Hope you are enjoying your Sunday
Hugs
Carolyn
Well that is a very elegant product, I'd fill my pool house refrigerator with it if it were available around here. Great style you've all got down there!
ReplyDeleteJust in time for the celebration season I think - such gorgeous bottles it's almost irrelevant if they taste good! Let me know how the name change goes, if it leads you to a property in France you may have a few people joining the Archer clan! Tracey xx
ReplyDeleteoh yes, nothing like a few bubbles at this time of year! (heck! at any time in the year!)
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