Category: Making Wine

Vintage is Finished – What Happens Next

What is Vintage? Vintage is the period of time starting when we harvest our first grapes (which for us is Chardonnay). It is when we are in a continual weekly cycle of crushing grapes, managing ferments, pressing red ferments, clean everything, then start again – harvesting, fermentation, pressing, repeat. We work very long hours from […]

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When to Pick Grapes for Making Wine

How do you know when to Pick Grapes for Making Wine? This is a question that I often get asked at Cellar Door as visitors gaze out over our vineyard in Summer and see the ripening bunches on the vines. Sampling the grapes is how I work out when the best time will be to […]

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