Oatley Vineblog

Last job of the year

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:22:41 +0000

Taking down and rolling up the bird nets along the hedge. The final task of the vineyard year. Frost this morning too, to mark an early winter start. Not hard enough to strip the vine leaves, but the

Picker's eye view

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:07:33 +0100

This is what it'll look like next Sunday to the pickers as they sit on their buckets to pick the low bunches of the guyot-pruned Kernling grapes at the top of the vineyard - the grapes a bit redder by

Sugar Pink

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 22:49:22 +0100

The Madeleine harvest has marked the transition into Autumn. The precision aerobatics of the swallows swooping over the farmhouse roof have given way for another year to the noisy tumbling of our mob

To the press

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:41:41 +0100

A bright cold morning - just the job for the journey to the press. Steve Brooksbank, our winemaker, has a smart new winery that makes the delivery really easy. He's at Bagborough, Shepton Mallett, abo

Madeleine Harvest in the sun

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:53:47 +0100

A golden day for picking the Madeleine and a great picking party. We picked from 9.30 to 3.30 then a well-deserved harvest supper. Here are some more photos....