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    Fine vines

    Aug 31, 2022 5 minutes
    words jennifer stackhouse

    We live up the road from a vineyard. It was planted around six years ago on what was open pasture and enjoys a cracking view across Lake Barrington towards Black Bluff and Cradle Mountain in northwest Tasmania.

    The vines are now well established and the owners, Ray and Deb McGinty, have just harvested their third vintage.

    Wine grapes are harvested when their Brix levels (a measure of sugar levels in the fruit) reach around 21-25. This region is classed as cool climate so grapes here ripen slowly and aren’t ready to harvest until April. By the time they’re ready, it’s touch and go to get them picked as frost is a real threat to the crop.

    This year, the 'Pinot Gris’ grapes weren’t harvested until the end of April when their Brix levels

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