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Boree Lane Wines is getting ready for the Orange Wine Show week and the amazing Boree Lane Ramble that entails a walk from Stockmans Ridge to Boree Lane then to Strawhouse Wines, ending up at Carillion Wines. Ramblers are of course fortified with wine and food at each stop! SOLD […]

2019 Boree Lane Ramble, Saturday 19th October

This entry was posted in Events and tagged Boree Lane Ramble Orange Wine Show on 7 October, 2019 by Bob Clark

Unfortunately events have conspired to take over the two weekends Boree Lane Wines would normally be open. On the first weekend we will be at the Hunters Hill Wine and Food Festival so if you are in Sydney come and see us at Boronia Park Oval on Sunday 5 May. […]

Boree Lane Cellar Door – May closures and Winter hibernation

This entry was posted in Blog and tagged Cellar Door Hunter's Hill Food & Wine Festival on 3 May, 2019 by Bob Clark

2019 Hunters Hill Food and Wine Festival

This entry was posted in Events and tagged Arneis Boronia Park Hunters Hill Food and Wine Festival on 28 April, 2019 by Bob Clark

On a perfect morning with stars studded across the black sky, harvesting of the Cabernet Franc kicked off at 6 am. With Nick Lander’s harvester and Geoff driving the tractor with the trailing bin (bins supplied by Chris at Madrez) the 2.6 tonnes were picked by 7 am with the […]

2019 Cabernet Franc Harvest

This entry was posted in Wine Varietals and tagged BLW Cabernet Franc Madrez Wine Services Nick Lander Tim Packham on 25 April, 2019 by Bob Clark

On the first day of March a tonne of Boree Lane Chardonnay grapes were hand-picked by some French backpackers for Justin Byrne’s Strawhouse Wines. The grapes looked good and Justin was happy with the result so we await with anticipation to taste the final product! The rest of the Chardonnay […]

2019 Chardonnay Harvest

This entry was posted in Wine Varietals and tagged Chardonnay Strawhouse Wines Tamburlaine Organic Wines on 7 April, 2019 by Bob Clark

The 2016 Two Blocks Cabernet Sauvignon

This entry was posted in Awards Wine Varietals and tagged BLW Cellar Door BLW Online Store Bronze Medal Orange Wine Show Carrington Cellars Katoomba Lane Cellars Orange on 11 March, 2019 by Bob Clark

Thankfully, all the lead up work required for going organic has paid off as evidenced by the thorough audit process and subsequent approval. The certificate confirms the beginning of a three year period to full organic certification. So at this stage we are just crossing all fingers and toes for […]

Going Organic continued

This entry was posted in Farm Activities and tagged Organic certification on 11 March, 2019 by Bob Clark

The Cellar Door will be closed on the weekend of 3-4 November… but we have a good excuse! We have headed to Margaret River, Western Australia, to do some wine-tasting of our own. The next weekend we are open will be 16-17 November, 2018. Be sure to drop by then […]

Cellar Door closed for 3-4 November

This entry was posted in Events on 30 October, 2018 by Bob Clark

The flock of 50 odd sheep were happily resting when their day of relocation arrived. They were rounded up by two enthusiastic kelpies and herded out onto Boree Lane. A quick stop to nibble by the Cellar Door entry gate, before they were herded down the Lane to their new […]

Farewell to our four legged lawn mowers

This entry was posted in Farm Activities and tagged four legged lawnmowers on 12 September, 2018 by Bob Clark

August saw some very cold weather with very strong winds creating a definite wind chill factor. The short video shows a bit of the resulting effect on cellar door trees. Strong winds in August at the Vineyard was last modified: September 9th, 2018 by Bob Clark

Strong winds in August at the Vineyard

This entry was posted in Seasonal Effects and tagged Strong wind on 9 September, 2018 by Bob Clark

Fine wines from the cool climate Orange region