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: Heidi Seifried's wall

Greetings from NZ

Phew, I have just ducked in from the heat at our local Wine and Food Festival which is held at a local vineyard every year. It is a great day out and a good chance for our locals and visitors to town to get out and sample some great local wines and food!

Summer has arrived and our grapes are lapping up all the sunshine. Berries are sizing up and soon red grapes will begin to colour up as we hit veraison over the next week or two! From there it is simply a waiting game as we monitor sugar and flavour accumulation in the fruit! And of course we need to protect our crop from birds who will keenly gobble up everything we have if we don't net the entire vineyard!

Keep drinking kiwi wine! Best regards
Heidi and all at the winery

Heidi 01:17 29/01/2012 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

Posted on: Jock Harvey's wall

Theres a great beach not far from the vineyards called Port Willunga, it was 37 degrees today and there was a great red sunset across the water, full of people on the last week of school holidays, the water was calm, almost the perfect evening. We start picking at the end of the week as the Chardonnay is getting ripe on the shallow soils, it's going to be one of the best vintages in a long time, smaller berries and a light crop.

Jock 13:07 23/01/2012 Comment

Posted on: Oscar Quevedo's wall

HI Oscar.

A friend has just returned from Denmark, and after my raving to him about your port he found an outlet and brought several bottles back with him. And guess what just a tad more expensive ( try 3 times more than Naked charge) Mug, and i am sitting here typing with a glass of yours in my hand along side some stinking bishop. Yum yum.

Malcolm 22:46 10/01/2012 Comment