Sam was a special guest on ‘The Business of Biodiversity‘ Podcast, discussing why biodiversity is not just good for the environment but for business. Click on the link below to listen. ‘Sharing your passion is infectious. The people in this episode all have a love of Australian plants and animals and they are not shy…
No I’m not referring to my messy husband and two ‘leave it where you used it’ sons, I’m referring to our Willy Wagtail couple and their 3 chicks, Daniel & Daniella and their baby skinks and the daily kangaroo parade. We have enjoyed watching the frantic nest buildings of the Ma and Pa Willy’s on our…
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…