Yes it’s been a while but worth waiting for. Vineman has taken a month off and traveled to the southern region of Puglia in Italy, the heel of the boot. This region is renowned for its hot climate, rugged landscape, robust red wines and Trulli (cone shaped stone dwellings).

The area I have settled in for […]

While pruning has been a little drawn out this year, I have achieved delaying it until August and as I have stated before, it is preferable to prune later rather than earlier.
Now, you just can’t keep the Minister for communication (yes the same one as mentioned on the Gherardi 2005 Viognier label) away from a […]

 They look cute, they are a hazard when your driving and they love to eat succulent growth.

They also come in all sizes from large males to females with joey’s in pouch. In fact they are everywhere at present and causing some problems.

Spring has brought strong succulent vine growth which is attractive to these guys!  Some […]