Posted on: Matt Fowles's wall

To our wonderful Naked followers,

I wanted you to be some of the first to know that things have changed a little around our place...

Not the least of which... We have a shiny new name: Fowles Wine!

Sam Plunkett has decided to become master of his own destiny and, fingers crossed, a Master of Wine. I look forward to watching him succeed!

On the other hand, my team and I have been busy in the vineyard doing everything we can to ensure an outstanding vintage. Yields look to be light, so I am tipping a great year if the weather holds...

We have some more exciting news which will break soon - we are planning to launch a new range of wines that fall under the Ladies who Shoot their Lunch range... A prize for the first who can guess what it will be called?

Hope you're all well!

Best, Matt

Matt 10:43 01/02/2012 Comment

Posted on: Jock Harvey's wall

We started picking a couple of nights ago, first time weve picked iN January
, this is because the crops are light and we've had a classic year, wet winters, mild spring and a few hot days in summer. 2012 will go down as a classic. On Sunday night it was still in the mid twenties around midnight when Nadal and Jocovik were playing their epic final at the Australian Open, I was picking Chardonnay around midnight when a shower of rain came through, the fruit tasted like pineapple and with a warm night and a shower of rain it felt more like Asia than McLaren Vale. We'll be picking the Savignan for Jacko's Leap in a couple of weeks, drink up, drink safe

Jock 12:38 31/01/2012 Comment

Posted on: Jock Harvey's wall

I had a question from Simon about where I farm in relation to the Hunter Valley, we are a 16 hour drive south. The best way to have a good look around is to go onto Google Earth and take a tour of McLaren Vale

Jock 21:31 23/01/2012 Comment