by The President | Feb 17, 2020 | Growing Notes, Vineyard
Finally! Harvest is within sight. The grapes have for the most part turned that deep crimson red. With four different clones there are some blocks with still a bit to go, but that’s good because we want our hand picking to run over a few weeks. So for getting...
by The President | May 8, 2018 | 2018 Vintage, Grapes, Growing Notes, Vineyard
“Quantity was down, but the quality was up.”, It’s a cliche, but there is a lot of truth in it. 2008 was an early season, it was a quick season and yields were down a little on expectations. But the colour, the flavours, the quality is excellent. We...
by The President | Feb 23, 2018 | 2018 Vintage, Growing Notes, Vineyard
We began harvest on Wednesday 21st Feb with a significant pick from the two areas of the vineyard that seemed to be the most advanced in ripening. The good news is- “It’s ready”, the not so good news is “It’s early”. So get ready, I...
by The President | Feb 15, 2018 | 2018 Vintage, Grapes, Growing Notes, Rent-A-Row, Vineyard
OK. Resume normal programming. The week of milder temperatures has slowed down the ripening process. Overall the grapes moved 1.0 Baume’ on average. The lowest sample is sitting on 11,1 Be and the highest on 13.1 Be with the average from the 13 test rows being...
by The President | Feb 9, 2018 | 2018 Vintage, Grapes, Growing Notes, Vineyard
As expected the sustained warm weather has seen the fruit ripen quickly. Baume’ readings show some sample blocks have jumped 2 Baume’ in the week. Get ready folks, this could be sooner than we thought. The weather is a predicted to be more moderate in the...
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