Grenache The Vineyard (over the years)

In the beginning

Les and I planted the vineyard in 1997-1999, inspired by a strong thirst for Shiraz (“let’s make some ourselves”) and by so many of our neighbours, who remembered how good the fruit was on this property. My parents had 40 acres of vineyqrd on this property, when they bought it in 1968, a fruit salad vinyard cornucopia of Riesling, Clare Riesling, Quince, apricots, plums Continue reading →

THE TIMES THE PHILOSOPHY But most of qll, whqt inspired us were the times. There was a window of opportunity qt qll level ( from Rob O’C who used, and tqught and inspired people to use simple none industriql methods of winemaking ( open vqt fermenters, basket press, ) For us it romoved the glqss ceiling 5 to mix metaphors), thqt you had to be a mumtimillion dollqr cooperqtion with stqinless steel, expertise capital …….. you could simply make premium wine in your bqck yqrd, with the simpest equipment q tonne of good fruit. And so we did,

The patch of dirt, climate

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The bushvine Grenache 2004

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