by The President | Mar 27, 2017 | 2017 Vintage, Growing Notes, Vineyard
Beautiful ripe fruit, but stubbornly low Baume’s have been the feature of this crazy 2017 vintage. What a contrast to 2016! Last year we had a record early start to vintage and within 2 weeks Baume’s were over 15 and winemakers were complaining that both...
by The President | Apr 7, 2016 | Growing Notes, Vineyard
What a grape harvest. The earliest. The quickest. The hottest. The biggest! An early start to the grape harvest It had been a hot dry summer. Just a couple of days over 40 degrees. Mostly it was mid to high 30s. Ideal ripening weather. Several warm nights also...
by The President | Jan 30, 2016 | Growing Notes, Vineyard
Shiraz Grapes Contrary to any rumors going around, WEÂ DOÂ STILL HAVE SHIRAZ GRAPES FOR SALE. Yes it has been a busy start to the season, we have taken orders for over 50 tonnes of our wonderful shiraz grapes, but about 15 tonnes are still available. These are a...
by Spencer Page | Sep 13, 2015 | Vineyard
We have been busy building an extension to the vineyard. The process of recovering from the fire of Boxing Day 2013 is a slow one, vines continue to die and the replacement process is tedious, slow and expensive. What better way to fight the miseries than to build...