Archive for October, 2007

Our Viognier does it again!

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Just a short note to keep you all updated on the 2007 wines and where they are at. 
The Merlot is sleeping quietly in barrel, woken every 3 months to be assembled in tank and then put back into nice clean barrels again.  It is developing beautifully and the aim is to bottle it during late […]

Arched cane results.

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Back in late August I posted explaining why it was important to wrap the canes in the Viognier block in an arched cinfiguration, that is not flat along the fruiting wire.  I will explain and show you the results - please read on.
Firstly bud burst occurred in early September and was accompanied by some very wet weather.  The […]