The best way to describe the 2019 vintage is, very small, with some good quality fruit. I believe that the main cause for the small crop was low rainfall. First, both 2017 and 2018 were extremely dry years in the O’Connell area with 408 ml of rain in 2017 and 451.5ml of rain in 2018. This is well…
The start to the vintage 2018 growing season was just the opposite to the year before, dry, dry, dry. We had virtually no moisture in the soil at the beginning of spring and this is still the case at the end of April. The summer storms were hit and miss which meant our vineyard at…
As we plan to establish a new vineyard, there is a lot to consider. As with any topic, the more you look into it, the more you realise how little you know. Our geology, ecology, sociology and all of the “ologies” are such complex systems. We hope that the footprint we leave is a positive one. My parents selected…