by The President | Mar 21, 2022 | 2022 Vintage, Grapes, Growing Notes, Vineyard
Hi all, I know some of you are getting anxious about your grape delivery. I have not forgotten you. Scheduling has been difficult due to rain, a lack of pickers and my inability to secure a truck driver. I have scheduled, cancelled and rescheduled; and had to drive...
by The President | Mar 8, 2022 | 2022 Vintage, Grapes, Growing Notes, Vineyard
Woo hoo! We are on track. The Baume’ took a bit of a jump this week after stagnating for a week. 12.4 Be sets us on track to get this vintage going. Picking will start this coming weekend with the first of our Rent-A-Row experiences and a Stomping Party. General...
by The President | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022 Vintage, Grapes, Growing Notes, Vineyard
Not much change in ripening during the last week. Highest Baume 11.3 I think we are still on track for 14th March start to picking, but we’ll just have to be patient.
by The President | Feb 14, 2022 | 2022 Vintage, Grapes, Growing Notes, Rent-A-Row, Vineyard
Full veraison!! Well in some parts of the vineyard, and the rest is moving along nicely. Tested a couple of representative bunches from a couple of different clones and irrigation blocks today. (14 Feb 2022) One tested at 16.2 Brix (9.0 Baume) and the other at 18 Brix...
by The President | Jan 17, 2022 | 2022 Vintage, Grapes, Growing Notes
The new year break doesn’t last long for us in the vineyard. We are seeing the first signs of veraison (grapes ripening and turning purple). Within the next 3 or 4 weeks we will see the whole crop turn purple. The season is moving along. All signs are that we will be...
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...