Oatley Vineblog
Trim
Monday, 18 August 2008
The Madeleine Angevine vines are lined up and tidy after their August trim. A rare break in the rain early on Friday morning prompted a tree climb - well, with a ladder - to immortalize this
Reaching for the clouds
Friday, 8 August 2008
These Madeleine Angevine vines have already been trimmed once, but here they are, spurred on by this showery season, 2 ft above the top wire again. Our tactic of keeping at it with lightweight
Set fair
Sunday, 20 July 2008
Here are our new babies, growing fast already in this morning's sun.
Been coolish for high summer, but lucky with the showers here. The fruit set took a couple of weeks, but looks good. The
Power flower
Friday, 4 July 2008
Here they are. Both vine varieties are flowering. This was taken a couple of days ago when they were starting. Now about half of all the florets across the vineyard are out. The Kernling first -
Summer tasting
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Here in the evening sun is our summer "tasting room" for vineyard visitors. The Bath & West Show exhibition stand does extra service in this outdoor tasting area in front of the farmhouse. It'll
an occasional diary of the vineyard year....
