{"id":2525,"date":"2011-04-03T22:26:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T22:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=2525"},"modified":"2011-04-03T22:26:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T22:26:28","slug":"cherry-blossom-moss-liverworts-and-the-ned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/new-zealand\/cherry-blossom-moss-liverworts-and-the-ned","title":{"rendered":"Cherry blossom, moss, liverworts and The Ned"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A lovely spring day here. The cherry blossom outside our house is out, and it’s beautiful.<\/p>\n

We took RTL and FFS down to Windsor Great Park, where they had a lot of fun. RTL has found a new lease of life with FFS by her side, and has rediscovered her interest in other dogs. FFS, like most puppies, loves other dogs.<\/p>\n

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I saw some lovely examples of mosses and liverworts. I’ve always had a soft spot for bryophytes (the taxon encompassing both mosses and liverworts): they aren’t showy plants, but they have a certain beauty. Pictured above is Polytrichum<\/em>, one of the most distinctive of all mosses, and certainly the biggest. Below is a liverwort, possibly Marchantia<\/em>, with sporophytes visible. If you look hard you can see one that hasn’t burst yet, with its black spore capsule looking a bit like a snail’s eye.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>One wine to report on: The Ned Pinot Noir 2009<\/strong> from Brent Marris, in New Zealand’s Marlborough region. It’s reassuringly pale in colour, with lovely sweet and sour aromatics. Approaching real elegance, with a bit of herby bite. It’s widely available, and quite good value at around \u00a312. I notice that Bob Campbell doesn’t like it much, with the 2008 scoring just 81 points. I’d have this vintage closer to 90. I kept going back for another taste – a sign of an interesting wine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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