Spring 2008

What an amazing year this has been so far. We've experienced days of great heat during vintage, and as I'm writing this, a day of extreme cold, with wet and rainy conditions - And yet Spring is definitely in the air. The rhythms of nature & the seasonal cycle - you've just got to love it! This year has been a wonderful cacophony of experiences, as well as the start of many new things.

Last week was a first for most things; our dam filled for the first time in 2 years - and we're more than a little excited. I can see it now, as I'm looking out of the office window towards the chook shed, where the requisite poultry are in attendance (and are not in the vineyard where they should be), alongside the sheep who've just nurtured the first lambs of the season. All of this overseen by 'Marcus' the chocolate Alpaca (who's steady gaze and habit of spitting is a little disconcerting at the best of times).

We've had good steady rains over the last 6 weeks which will hopefully flow down to the rest of the catchment, and which, in the interim keeps me 'winery & office bound'. Thankfully we've almost finished pruning so I only need venture out when it's absolutely necessary, and then to be assailed by a 'Bronte-esque style landscape' albeit sans moors avec vineyard and be swept away with the season as well as the moment - terribly exciting!