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January turned out to be a variable weather month with some regular storm events passing through Orange. This produced some dramatic skies, some heavy rain at times and some strong winds. All good conditions for botrytis in the white varieties, but fortunately some drying spray and sunny weather have come […]

Stormy weather in January

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Boree Lane Wines enjoyed its second WoW experience at the lovely Carrington Hotel. Well organised and friendly, this is a most enjoyable event; although it is still fairly tiring standing for two days and talking to so many customers and interesting people. Daughter Georgina was a fantastic help. Thanks to […]

Wines of the West Jan 2016

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Waging war on the well- entrenched blackberry bushes commenced last year and has continued this year. The big clumps around the dam are gradually being reduced in size and the smaller ones have been killed off. Some however still show signs of life and new blackberries keep popping up as […]

Blackberries!!!

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Having obtained planning approval for some modifications to the Cellar Door, work has commenced on clearing sightlines for the vehicular entry and excavation for the additional building works including a wine storage area. Building approvals for those works has to be obtained and the Builder has to fit them into […]

Cellar Door Progress

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A family of ducks visited the vineyard
With the dam now looking almost full as a result of not so recent rain, some new inhabitants have been checking out the vineyard for some tasty morsels. In the background you can see the wattles and close up, it is wattle in overdrive. Vineyard Visitors was last modified: April […]

Vineyard Visitors

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The Dam
It is a relief to see at last the run off from the rains starting to fill the dam and set up a good reservoir for irrigation in the coming vintage. The Dam was last modified: April 5th, 2016 by Bob Clark

The Dam

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Returning to Boree Lane after the snow I found out what damage had been done by the weight of snow on tree branches. Photos show the fallen or bent branches. The extent of the damage was in close proximity to the house and garden fortunately, and comprised the following… The gum […]

Snow damage at Boree Lane Wines

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