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April 2012 Newsletter
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Vintage 2012 We’ve just started picking our grapes in Lowburn and the vintage is shaping up to be an excellent one. Thankfully there has been a summer in Central Otago with some good weather just recently to ripen the grapes up the level of Brix required. Then once all the stars are aligned and Malcolm ‘clicks’ his fingers -then its all go! What is a Brix? I hear some ask…. A Brix scale is a system used to measure the sugar content in grapes. Each degree Brix is equivalent to 1 gram of sugar per 100 grams of grape juice. (Throw that into the conversation at the next dinner party or pub and you will be sure to impress!) Once the grapes have been harvested in Lowburn we will commence picking off our vineyards in Gibbston a few weeks later. And what a bizarre summer it has been around the country unseasonal high temperatures in Auckland (25° as I write this!) with storms and rain coupled with lack of sun challenging our colleagues in Marlborough and the Hawkes Bay.
Vintage 2012 Lowburn Vineyard – handpicking Pinot Noir Stolen Kiss Rosé Well, as most of you know we’ve sold out another vintage. We'll send out a newsletter in October 2012 as soon as our summer vintage is released - see our recent press release attached. |
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Specials & New Releases Rockburn Chardonnay 2009 New Release » Devils Staircase Pinot Noir 2011 » Rockburn Pinot Noir 2010 » From the Cellar Door Visit our Cellar Door - you can't miss us now! We are very proud of our new Gabion stone basket sign. Call in and catch up with Viki and Di for a complimentary tasting of our huge range of wines - Cnr Gair Ave & McNulty Roads, Cromwell.
Our Cellar Door hours are as follows
Until the end of April 2012 we are open 7 days a week
From May 2012 we start operating our winter hours until the end of August 2012 we are open Monday – Friday 11am to 4pm.
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