A relatively cool start to the season made for a few nights on frost patrol but we were lucky and no real damage was done. The rest of spring & summer went very much according to plan with the accumulation of growing degree days (GDD) looking remarkably normal. Then after Xmas suddenly all the talk was of drought. This meant angst for the dairy farmers…
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Vintage 2013 Report
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Vintage 2013 Kicks Off!
Hi all, We kicking things off this morning with a small pick of Pinot Noir for Nautilus Cuvee. We regard this as our ‘indicator’ block as it usually at least a week ahead of our next pick. This year we picked on the 6th March. Apart from the very late vintage last year we have picked this block between the 3rd & 11th of March…
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Post Vintage road trip
On Sunday the cellar crew drove down to Christchurch for some post vintage time out – well that was our excuse to go and see the Reds vs Crusaders Super 15 match. While not a spectacular game at least the good guys won (yes that is the Crusaders) which meant we enjoyed the post match dinner at The Monday Room – great tapas and excellent wine and beer selection. A…
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Vintage 2012
Kia ora all, As our cuzzies across the ditch wind up their harvest, we are just cranking up. Vintage 2012 will be the latest since 1997 – running about 2 weeks behind normal (whatever ‘normal’ is). We have been busy over Easter and have all the Chardonnay in barrel, have most of the Pinot Noir in tank and about 1/3rd of our Sauvignon safely in.…
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