Following the Viognier harvest, everyone braced themselves for a bigger day with the Merlot.  Given that we were a few pickers short the previous day, I was right on to stressing with the picking contractor that more bodies were needed to ensure that the fruit is off before the peak heat of the day.  Things did drag on into […]

The bunch sampling carried out on Monday 24th March together with impending weather lurking later in the week, all helped to convince me that harvest was to take place later that week.  The aim was to take the Viognier off on Thursday and the Merlot on Friday - much organising to be done.
First job was to find a net machine […]

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 […]

Out of the blue I received a surprising email the other day.  A lady by the name of Jacki had attended an art show just outside of Wollongong of a Jane Davenport.  The impressive feature was the many photographs and art pieces of ladybirds as well as pens, necklaces and other gifts.
In the email Jacki was […]