by Geoff Weaver | Apr 4, 2018 | News, News Archives
An excellent vintage blessed by perfectly ripe grapes and lovely flavours. Always thankful when all is safely in the winery.
by Geoff Weaver | Aug 10, 2017 | News, News Archives
Back to normal in 2017 with vintage in early April. Lovely flavours, ripe grapes and good weather at harvest. We are fortunate to have ripeness and flavour at relatively low sugar levels so we don’t have the burden of high alcohols for our wines to carry. This...
by Geoff Weaver | Apr 29, 2016 | News, News Archives
Another early but excellent vintage. Weather after veraison (berry colouring and softening) was mild which is vital for flavour development. Each year it seems to be getting earlier; climate change certainly appears to be with us with our picking dates 3 weeks earlier...
by Geoff Weaver | Aug 11, 2015 | News, News Archives
High praise from Halliday We’ve just received great new reviews from James Halliday for our 2014 sauvignon blanc and 2013 Ferus. The 96 points James gave the 14 sauv blanc puts it among Australia’s top three sauvignons in the 2016 Halliday Wine Companion. Here’s what...
by Geoff Weaver | Mar 17, 2014 | News, News Archives
We have been making wine here for 30 years and I haven’t seen an average year yet. Another roller-coaster season with the warmest October ever to start the growing season (average temp 18 deg C vs average of 13.1 deg C) followed by an unseasonally cool November which...
by Geoff Weaver | May 30, 2013 | News, News Archives
Really good vintage. Average crops of fully ripe grapes with lovely fine flavours. Bottling Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling next week. Chardonnay and Pinot quietly resting in oak as well as our first Ferus wild yeast Sauvignon since 2009. Harvest was again earlier than...
