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Vintage 2021 and the Art of Winemaking: A Living Expression of Nature

Vintage 2021 and the Art of Winemaking: A Living Expression of Nature

  Wine can be like a form of art, creating a sensory experience that is greater than the sum of its parts. It can be an emotional experience. Oth...
Mid Vintage Report - 16th March 2021

Mid Vintage Report - 16th March 2021

It has been our earliest vintage since we grow grapes in Marlborough. A dry and warm growing season with a few hot days accelerated ripening and fr...
Vineyard Talk - flowering is over and vintage 2021 is looking good...

Vineyard Talk - flowering is over and vintage 2021 is looking good...

Vintage 2021 starts with an amazing spring season. Lots of sunshine, warmth, and enough rain to greatly accelerate the growth. Vines entering the ...
Why under vine weeding?

Why under vine weeding?

Weeds compete with the vines for water, nutrients and light. They also reduce the air flow, inviting powdery mildew and other unwanted fungus, e.g...
Flowering - Chardonnay 2020

Flowering - Chardonnay 2020

  Flowering – the vines progression from: bud-burst, flowering, fruit set, veraison through to harvest. Depending on specific vineyard temperature...
Vineyard talk - what I am working on...

Vineyard talk - what I am working on...

The sheep are still in the part of the vineyard with the latest budding varieties for just a few more days, but pruning is now finished. Not trave...
Vineyard Talk - Winter Business

Vineyard Talk - Winter Business

What happens in the vineyard over winter? Normally this is a very busy time for Hans as he must finish all the work before we leave overseas for o...
Hans Herzog Pinot Noir

Wine Talk - Pinot Noir

The fashionable red burgundy grape can produce divinely scented, gorgeously fruity expressions of place. However, is sensitive to the size of crop...
Vineyard Talk - Pruning

Vineyard Talk - Pruning

    Pruning Pruning is the foundation of viticulture. The way vines are pruned speaks volumes about the terroir of a site and adds another dimensi...
Doing our bit for our planet... Bee Hives in our vineyard

Doing our bit for our planet... Bee Hives in our vineyard

With this hot topic we like to reach out and create awareness. We love and respect our prized land which has been farmed for the last 100 years. Se...
Montepulciano – one of our most iconic last picks at harvest!

Montepulciano – one of our most iconic last picks at harvest!

Montepulciano is a vigorous red grape variety that is indigenous to Italy (most likely the Abruzzo region) and is widely planted across central Ita...
Post Harvest Interview with Hans Herzog

Post Harvest Interview with Hans Herzog

Now that harvest is over, do you feel a sigh of relief? Yes, I feel grateful, content and relaxed now the fruit of this year’s labour is safely in...