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 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 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...
by Spencer Page | 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 Spencer Page | Sep 6, 2017 | 2017 Vintage, Wine
Rack Off Racking off is transferring the wine from one vessel to another, leaving the sediment behind. Sediment is made up of lees (dead yeast cells) and any remaining seeds or skins that snuck through the pressing process, known at the Republic as ‘sludge’. It is a...
by Spencer Page | Apr 11, 2016 | Growing Notes, Wine
A few weeks on from calling a wrap on picking, we’ve now called a wrap on the wine making too. Last Saturday we hosted a thank you BBQ / party for all our workers to mark the end of harvest. It was an opportunity to taste our recently bottled 2015 Shiraz, which...
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