“There was a sigh of relief from the Winery team last night, the last of the Hunter Valley fruit was now in the winery. This doesn’t mean all the work is finished for Vintage 2018, & definitely not for the year, but it does mean the fruit is safely fermenting or in barrel & away from anything that Mother Nature can unleash.
Shiraz harvest followed fast on the heels of the Semillon. Thommo tells us this is one of the most compressed vintages he has experienced in his 32 vintages in the Hunter. The Winery team, with a couple from Cellar Door, even took to the Vineyard to assist picking the Dam Block Shiraz.”
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