by Secretary of State | Feb 8, 2019 | 2018 Vintage, Growing Notes, Wine
Harvest is approaching quickly! Our President Brian has commenced testing the sugar levels (Brix) of the grapes this week and will continue to test the grapes weekly during February. The results will be available through our blog. Growing Notes Rent-A-Row and...
by President-Elect | May 22, 2018 | 2018 Vintage, Growing Notes, Wine
Building on the success of our first Chardonnay & Rosé in 2017, winemaking in 2018 was as much about consolidating on past successes as it was to continue experimenting. In 2018, we increased the scale of our production of Rosé and Chardonnay to 1500L of each and...
by Secretary of State | May 16, 2018 | 2018 Vintage, Growing Notes, Rent-A-Row
Pictured above, the winery, stuffed full of 80 red Rent-A-Row fermenters, with demijohn storage behind. Growing & Growing Our Rent-A-Row Experience started in 2011, with only a handful of Citizens learning how to make their own wine in the first few years. It...
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...
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