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Wine Varietals

Read about the new wine varietals planted at the vineyard

The grapes were picked on 7th March at 14 Baume and are now fermenting in barrel and tank. The colour and fruit intensity are very good, so looking forward to an interesting wine. Will the winemaker liked the small berry size and getting his hands into that dark red juice. […]

2016 Cabernet Sauvignon

This entry was posted in Wine Varietals and tagged 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon on 15 April, 2016 by Bob Clark

Gewurztraminer Harvest — The Gewurztraminer grapes were hand-picked by Singh’s efficient team who started at 06:30am on quite a cool morning; by 09:30am they had picked all 6 rows. Will the Winemaker, Paul and myself loaded the trailer and the ute driven down the vine rows by Geoff, who is managing the vineyard. […]

Gewurztraminer Harvest 12 Feb 2016

This entry was posted in Wine Varietals and tagged Gewurztraminer on 13 February, 2016 by Bob Clark

Budburst has started with the Chardonnay vines and the Gewurztraminer. The new leaves have emerged and now we have to hope there are no damaging frosts to interfere with a good fruit set. Budburst! was last modified: April 5th, 2016 by Bob Clark

Budburst!

This entry was posted in Wine Varietals and tagged Chardonnay Gewurztraminer on 16 October, 2015 by Bob Clark

Twenty rows of grapes have been prepared for grafting to the Arneis grape. It is a white grape whose home is in Piedmonte in north-western Italy. With quite a number of plantings, particularly in Victoria, it has also attracted the attention of several vineyard owners in the Orange region. Having […]

Arneis – Forthcoming Addition to the Vineyard

This entry was posted in Wine Varietals on 1 September, 2015 by Bob Clark