Well we have an old fashion weatwave upon us at present and apart from us humans walking around with our tongues hanging out the vines are still expected to continue their job of ripening the fruit.  We are at day three with temperatures hovering around 38 - 40C consistently and another day or two to […]

Well sampling is on in earnest with perfect weather ensuring ripening is happening very quickly.  Having already mentioned how early the season is this year, sugar accumulation is well and trully ahead of flavour development and physiological ripeness i.e. seed and tannin ripeness.
Last week I conducted a preliminary test on berries while walking through the […]

Over the past few months I have been rather irregular in my postings.  What I intend to do is try out posting every day from now until the end of vinatge and see how it goes. I will be posting about what I have been doing, what I have noticed and generally items of interest.
Consultancy
My […]