- Harvest, 2022
- February 2022
- November 2021
- August 2021
- June 2021
- Harvest, 2021
- March Shipping Trials, 2021
- March, 2021
- February, 2021
- January, 2021
- November, 2020
- September, 2020
- August, 2020
- Harvest, 2020
- On wine as a currency
- Harvest, 2019
- Harvest, 2018
- Harvest, 2017
- Harvest, 2016
- Seven go mad in Burgundy, July 2015
- Harvest, 2015
- Natural Wine, July 2014
- New vines arrive, October 2012
- Reva, November 2011
- The kids start coming, October 2011
- Subtle but not vindictive, March 2011
- Autumn arrives, March 2011
- Spring at last, October 2010
- New Arrivals, June 2010
- Exporting hope, May 2010
- Dubee Dubai Doo
- A bug's life
- It's the dirt stupid
- A Winter's tale
- On the dynamics of ecosystems...
- A nose to tail morning
- A Bug's death
- Last day of harvest
- Life the universe, and everything
Nigel's thoughts....
THE NEW VINES ARRIVE...
At last the sun is shining. We've had a few weeks of very unsettled weather, which keeps Gareth up in the night watching out for frost, but the frequent rain has been wonderful for the cover crops and general health of the land. Kidding is over for the year and we think the total is 28 kids, though it can be hard to keep track when the mums keep hiding them under briar bushes. That is a great result, and will give us a slight surplus of animals which is good as we have a few friends who want to start playing at being goatherds!
The new vines arrived at the weekend for our new vineyard next to Calvert. After some 5 years of working on the soils there, using cover crops to build biodiversity and complexity into the land, we are finally allowing the vines to move in and take over. Now we need to decide on a name for the site. Over the last two or three years we have debated a few options, but we're not sure we have it nailed yet. Suggestions on an email please! (if we use it, we'll reward with a payment in wine!).
In just a few weeks we'll start to see the 2012 Pinots come through malo and we'll have our fist chance to taste properly; that is going to be exciting after seeing how special the 2012 Rieslings have been.