The folks over at the New Zealand Food and Wine TV blog have picked up the short ONYA video about ‘Moon over Martinborough’ and featured it in their blog. Nice!
Featured on NZ Food and Wine TV
Moon over Martinborough
Two American expat city boys on 20 acres with an olive grove in New Zealand
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'Moon over Martinborough' is Jared Gulian's award-winning storytelling blog about being an expat American city boy on a tiny olive farm in rural New Zealand.
It's also a cold pressed, unfiltered, and organically grown extra virgin olive oil.
Selected blog stories appear in
Wairarapa Lifestyle Magazine. Follow ‘Moon’
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"A captivating blog… I highly recommend!"
- Bloggy Award"One of the top travel related blogs in New Zealand... outstanding writing."
- GoOverseas.com"A beautifully written, always engaging and often hilarious account of two lovely boys making their way on a NZ farm with chooks, olives and a bunch of good neighbours."
- Charlotte Wood"Pure storytelling... Jared could easily turn the blog into a fascinating memoir."
- A Storied Career"Engaging and entertaining... Taking the Wairarapa to the World and doing so with aplomb."
- ONYA judge"The oft-hilarious results of a fish-out-of-water scenario."
- Wairarapa Times Age"Witty and affecting... Inherently readable... Wouldn't look out of place on the shelf of a good bookstore."
- NetGuide Magazine"If you only have time to read one blog post today, I recommend that you read this one!"
- Haiku Farm"A love affair with the region"
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- Behind the scenes at Toast Martinborough
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- Getting intimate with a cast sheep
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- Old Man Henry and the chook house race wars
- Picking up the oil
- The day the water stopped
- The gay Americans meet the neighbors
- The sweet taste of chicken feed
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I have sampled the wonderful flavor of Moon Over Martinborough olive oil and am so pleased to hear it is receiving the recognition it so rightly deserves.
Thanks!