To actually pick the fruit at the optimum ripeness and character is tough, and probably one of the hardest calls during vintage - shall we pick now, or shall we give the vine another week to gain an extra 1% character?
VINTAGE 2021 – unprecedented, unique, unpredictable, uncertain, unimaginable, unfortunate, unfathomable, uncertain – are we ‘over’ U words yet? However, we survived and what a reward – a vintage that ticked all the boxes.
Weather conditions across the State produced, in the words of Longview Vineyard’s Peter Saturno “A vintage for the ages”.
O’Leary Walker’s David O’Leary’s perspective encapsulated the thoughts of many in the wine industry. “The 2020/21 growing season was really special because we had no
