The next morning we headed into the Côte des Bar for our first visit in Champagne, Domaine La Borderie. We were welcomed by Simon, who now runs the domaine alongside his sister. From the moment [...]
The next morning we met up with Jane at Domaine du Comte Armand. Jane is an Australian who makes wine in both hemispheres, and it was great spending some time with her tasting a few wines and [...]
The next morning Etienne and Marko arrived in Burgundy, and with both cars now on the road, the four of us made our way to Beaune. We would spend the next two nights in a lovely apartment just a [...]
On the 3rd of July, Guy and I met up at Dubai International Airport before continuing our journey to France. Guy had flown from Melbourne, while I had travelled from South Africa. Over the next [...]
Over the past few years we have seen trends come and go in the wine world and in viticulture. Organics, biodynamics, regenerative, natural wines, minimal intervention, high-density planting, big [...]
The last time I posted was a rant about planting… Now we are already half way through the season! We are entering flowering now. Some of the earlier varieties have already started flowering [...]
The heading says it. This is not a post on vineyard development, design, soil preparation etc. This is a post on the fundamentals of planting a grape vine to grow old. In South Africa, it still [...]
The last day of vineyard visits was here. We headed out to the Piccadilly Valley. We just went to one vineyard. It was a steep slope vineyard that Dylan wanted to show me and wanted to bounce [...]
We spent the 2nd last day in the Clare Valley. We where heading out to Colin McBryde of Adelina Wines. I cant really remember that much of the trip on the way there. I saw loads of wheat fields. [...]
We are now on the 27th of June 2022. We headed out to Lenswood in the Adelaide Hills. We visited the vineyards of Mickey Downer (Murdoch Hill Wines), Brendan Keys (BK Wines) and then out to [...]
