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 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 | Aug 15, 2018 | Attractions, Growing Notes, Rent-A-Row
The Shiraz Republic has won Gold at the at the 2018 Riverina Murray Regional Tourism Awards held on Saturday 21st July in Deniliquin. Winners in 14 categories were announced at the gala awards ceremony from finalists including tourism businesses, events, restaurants,...
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 | 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...