by WIVI-7192 | Jul 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the first four months from September the vineyard received nearly 160 mm of rain whilst the second half saw rainfall fall to 25% of normal. This gave us almost perfect flowering conditions with healthy canopies early and perfect ripening conditions later. All up...
by WIVI-7192 | Jul 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
2017 finished with 643.8mm, some 228.8mm above the previous 10 year average. September, October and December months were all well above average rainfall. The second half of March 2017 was very cool and we received well above average rains in March and April. Ripening...
by WIVI-7192 | Jul 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
The 2015/16 season was drier with just 92mm of rain recorded from August through to Christmas. January and February had a couple of rain events which was followed by dry weather negating disease risk. Warmer soil temperatures through spring promoted budburst flowering...
by WIVI-7192 | Apr 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Spring rainfall simply didn’t happen this year as the overhead tap was turned off during August. We needed to begin irrigation during September and the dry weather continued right through the growing season, maturity and vintage and resulted in beautiful clean and...
by WIVI-7192 | Apr 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Our winemaker, Tom O’Donnell, has given us his views on what the 2016 wines look like so far: 2016 started off warm and dry in January and early February. Timely light rain events and consistent cool evenings kept the leaf on the vines healthy and vivid; hence great...
by WIVI-7192 | Jan 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
It is often said that a good wine starts in the vineyard. We think this comment has some merit but we realise the winemaker has a significant influence on the wine produced from the grapes at his/her disposal. We would like to congratulate, and advertise the fact,...
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