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Harvest -last day tomorrow

9/30/2015

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Our Cabernet Sauvignon at the point of perfection

Just waiting for the last day of harvest tomorrow,the weather has held and it will be an amazing, classic year.

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Ready for the off
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Almost There

9/28/2015

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Yesterday we harvested our Cabernet Franc. What a classic year this is going to be. Stunning berries. Here above the harvesting machine (we share with a dozen other family size vineyards) tips the grapes into the wine trailer. Then into the vat to ferment for about 20 days.

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Sauvignon Blanc

9/8/2015

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The harvesting machine started before dawn and the picking was complete by 8.00am.then from trailer to press via the 'pig' pump. Lovely clean berries and delicious juice.

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First Harvest Day

9/6/2015

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Next Tuesday,8th September will be our first harvest day if all goes according to plan. Sauvignon Blanc.

Meanwhile the deer do not deserve ALL the blame for the grapes eaten in the night.

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    Sue Temperley  writes the Wine and Wildlife blog. 
    Humphrey's passion for winemaking and Sue's for wildlife breaks through the repetitive tasks of the vineyard year. Her photos are not that great but maybe with the incentive of this blog they will improve. 

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