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The new year in the vineyard is beginning. Warm days will start the sap moving and budburst won't be far away. We are almost finished pruning and the winter rain has filled the soil with water; a great start for the year. It will be another early year I think. The 2008 James Halliday wine […]

A really good vintage despite the drought. Our harvest began on Tuesday 6th March and finished on Tuesday 13th. It was our fastest and earliest vintage ever. Crop levels were about average and flavours were (surprisingly) excellent. The vines showed no ill effects and their leaves stayed geen and functioning which is crucial to ripening […]

A tough year in the vineyard but so far so good. Around Australia drought and frost have caused havoc reducing the expected crush by about 25% overall but we have not had too much impact. Our crops are small but the vines look in great heart. It is an early season and we should have […]

The big dry continues but the vineyard looks good. Mild weather has helped create excellent flowering conditions. I continue to be optimistic about the coming season. We need some rain over summer and we should get that. our water resouces after the loss of our dam in Nov 05. Two really good reviews in November. […]

We, like the rest of Australia are in the grip of drought. Rainfall so far this year is about half of normal and our dam is only 1/3 full. This will test our growing dryland as our vines still need good soil moisture at the start of the year to get through. I am hopeful […]

A successful vintage and excellent reviews is the news. Vintage was early, our crops modest and the quality excellent. All our fruit was hand picked and we finished on the 31st of March which is our earliest finish ever. Low crops on healthy vines that ripen early are fundamentals of quality. The weather was kind […]