You watch the vines come to life in the spring and then slowly the leaves start to unfurl and tiny grapes begin to make themselves shown. You harvest, you press and ultimately you make wine. Then you watch, wait, test, test again, keep testing, adjust, taste, adjust, put in aRead More →
Our first harvest is in, has been made into wine and is now, as of today, in barrel!!! I for one am really proud, and particularly of Pumpjack for all the hard work he did, through out the year, to make the vineyard produce something we could actually harvest. TwelveRead More →
The time is coming close now, when we will be harvesting our grapes and making wine. But how do you know when to harvest? There are various tests, but on my simplistic level, I will be testing the level of sugars. This gives an indication of probable alcohol level, andRead More →
With summer in the vineyard it is time to ‘tuck in the vines’. I love the picture these words create. It always makes me think of tucking the vines in to bed for the night. And, in a way, it is a bit like that. As summer progresses the vinesRead More →
