News From Our Adelaide Hills Vineyard & Winery
Our seasonal newsletters take you behind the scenes of our small-batch winery – and offer you first look at all our wines as we release them. You can join our mailing list here.
Seasonal newsletter archive
Winter 2022
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Three new wines released for you, including our favourite vintage of Le Gris de Noir so far (a white wine made from Pinot grapes), plus a 2019 White Label Pinot Noir and a 2020 Black Label Pinot Noir.
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We’ve finished our 2022 vintage — the largest amount of wine we’ve made since 2011, as we’re now keeping most of what we grow instead of selling it to other winemakers.
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Our predictions for the 2022 vintage? A slightly lower alcohol percentage and some fine and delicate flavours, with fantastic colours and amazing tannins.
Autumn 2022
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We’re full-steam-ahead into our busiest time of the year, as the annual grape harvest begins while we also send our 2020 wines off to be bottled.
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A new mini film has just been released, telling the story of Whisson Lake! It beautifully showcases our steep vineyard and low-impact approach to winemaking.
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We dived into our museum stock and released a 2012 White Label Pinot Noir – after 10 years in the bottle, it is approaching its peak.
Summer 2021
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Our tiny business goes national with an exciting new distribution deal.
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Barrel tasting of our 2020 wines confirms we will release a 2020 Monopole (our most premium Pinot), hooray!
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A cool start to the season has delayed flowering, with the cooler weather likely to result in lighter-colour wines with savoury notes and a very elegant flavour.
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We've converted more of 36-year-old spur pruned vines to cane pruning – an expensive and slow process that will yield improved vine health, longevity and grape quality.
Spring 2021
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We release two delicious single-barrel Monopole Pinot Noir wines to you - one from 2017 and the other from 2018.
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Our recent Pinot Masterclass and four-course lunch at Stem Bar and Restaurant was such fun – thanks to all who came along.
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Our vines are some of the oldest in the region (they were planted in 1985), so we’ve been busy fixing trellis posts and renewing our vine's cordons.
Winter 2021
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Limited cases of our 2019 Black Label Pinot Noir and 2018 White Label Pinot Noir released for you to taste.
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Our 2021 grape harvest is finally complete – now it’s time to make the wine (using wild ferments, as always).
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In the name of research, we've grafted an experimental Pinot clone onto some of our existing vines. (Which clone exactly? That's top-secret for now...)
