by Spencer Page | May 26, 2020 | Cornella Brewery
Using 2020 Harvest Ella Hops for our first ever can release. In our final brew before the effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns fully hit, we used freshly harvested Ella hops from Hop Products Australia for a special one of release. The beer, Fresh Hop Pils, is a...
by Spencer Page | Mar 5, 2020 | Growing Notes, Vineyard
On Sunday, 1st March, we held our first pick for the season. Something that is quickly becoming a popular family ritual, but one that serves as a great help for the winery too. We had our family and friends visit Sunday for the first pick of the season. We convened...
by Spencer Page | Jul 25, 2019 | Growing Notes, Rent-A-Row, Wine
It’s interesting and enjoyable to watch people taste their ready to rack wine – wine that’s finished its fermentation, but not yet matured in oak – for the first time. Their first impression is always one of amazement – the vibrancy of colour, the clarity...
by Spencer Page | Feb 11, 2019 | Rent-A-Row
Our Rent-A-Row Wine Experience began over 7 years ago, but has quickly become a month and a bit long festival of wine – and has attracted attention from punters and media alike. As we go on, Rent-A-Row is becoming an an increasingly social experience – a...
by Spencer Page | Nov 8, 2018 | 2017 Vintage, Wine
Bottling and packaging is an often neglected, but hugely important part of the wine game, but how one bottles is hugely dependent on scale and available technology. Never having a bottling line, in the early years of winemaking our wine would be made on-site, then...