First Pinot of the Year
Saturday, 16 April 2011 08:37
The first Pinot Noir pressing of the year is always a much anticipated event at Lethbridge. As per normal the first Pinot is always from Hat Rock Vineyards on the Bellerine Peninsula. The slightly warmer daytime conditions and much warmer night time temperatures (being closer to the sea, less than 1km) than Lethbridge always mean that the grapes ripen 2-3 weeks earlier than our home blocks. This season has been unusually cool in Geelong so we have been harversting later than normal.
Loam Come to Visit
Saturday, 02 April 2011 10:18
The team from Loam restaurant spent the day at the winery helping with our vintage activities, including foot-stomping all of the ferments. We tasted all of the juices and wines we are working on, as well as some older barrels, and shared our thoughts on them before having lunch with a few older vintages and interesting imported bottles.
Child Labour
Friday, 08 April 2011 10:18
During the busy vintage time it's always good to enlist as many helpers as possible. It's also fun for the kids to help us stomp or plunge the red ferments and check all of the temperatures and baumés of the bins.