I am happy to report that the 2010 Vintage is now under way. We began on Wednesday by harvesting Sauvignon Blanc. Next week will be a busy week as all the Sauvignon Blancs will be ripe and ready for picking and some reds too. Vintage is about a week to 10 days earlier this year, I think due to a couple of factors: the weather has been warmer and we have been thinning fruit quite aggressively in order to improve the quality of the fruit and the lower the yields the quicker they ripen. Meanwhile here are a few photos from our first day.

Sauvignon Blanc being tipped to the crusher

Grapes which are hand harvested arrive in these large conatiners, each one holds about 350kg of grapes


The juice flows after pressing


Destemmed Saugignon Blanc



A watchful winemaker