A correction and more about the piglets...

To respond to those readers who have rightly asked, "just what WAS David doing with those piglets?" (see "Wandering through Wairarapa"), the answer is that when a little piglet ran through the wine tasting area at the Wee Red Barn (no, I am not making this up), Joan went squealing off after him to take a photo. Lo and behold, there was a litter of piglets who were both curious and fearless, and immediately approached us. David decided to entertain them with our new bottle of Pinot Noir, and they seemed quite fascinated. That's the story.

The sow had thirteen piglets and all of them survived: even the runt of the litter, although that one did have to be bottle-fed for a time.

Now, as a correction to my prior posting, it is the Martinborough wine region, NOT Marlborough (which is on the South Island). Leading wineries are Murdoch James, Alana, Palliser, and Vynfields.

Finally, Joan tells me that every day in the North Island appears to be a bad hair day. Note the effect of "fresh" northerlies producing this asymmetrical effect on her hair.

Posted by David after the managing editor had pointed out his error about Malborough and Martinborough.