The Early Bird – Vintage 2016 and other bits and bobs
25 February 2016
[one_half] Well here we all are again. It’s vintage time (or harvest) and all over McLaren Vale there are tractors and harvesters buzzing about,…
2015 and all that
25 November 2015
Another massive year has been recorded here at Battle of Bosworth, in terms of effort expended, wines made (and sold), tales told, vineyards groomed and…
August Update 2015
20 August 2015
It’s well and truly the new financial year and I’m long overdue a blog post, so here we go. Joch has gone mad with new…
Vintage 2015: The Quick and the Dead
10 March 2015
For those of you familiar with this 1995 movie, I would like to say I don’t in any way see myself as as the enigmatic female…
Half Time-ish 2014
7 August 2014
Well, it’s just past half time. I had meant to post this before July ended, but now it’s August and it’s really nearly 3/4 time.
Post Vintage Blues
22 May 2014
Well it’s finished. All the grapes are in, ferments are finished and everything has been pressed off, and wines have been ‘put to bed’ ie…
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and other stories
1 March 2014
Well, shed building continues apace, with the newest part of the winery going up very quickly – once we had got over the planning application…
Can you dig it?
17 January 2014
Vintage (or harvest) is just around the corner so of course what better time to start expanding the winery. I can’t blame Joch entirely for…
2013 Bushing Lunch at Penny’s Hill
2 November 2013
It was a big day yesterday, as 650 or so winemakers, grape growers and assorted hangers on flocked in their finest (some in their finest…
Spring Vineyard Operations
24 September 2013
It’s all go in the vineyard at the moment, after a pretty wet winter. Joch’s father Peter gets drafted in to do the all-important dodge…
August Rains
20 August 2013
Blimey, we’ve had some rain this winter. I think the figures show we’ve had the wettest August on record here in South Australia, or maybe…
April Showers
30 April 2013
Well, vintage – or harvest – is finally over for 2013. The guys picked the Petit Verdot up on the hill on a balmy April…