Summer 2016 Newsletter
Send us some rain! We are approaching the end of January with just 110mm since September 1st, all in dribs [...]
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01, 2016
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10, 2015
Spring 2015 Newsletter
It wouldn’t be a Grey Sands newsletter without my comments on the weather… I am a farmer (well wine farmer) [...]
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08, 2015
Winter 2015 Newsletter
Winter 2015 Newsletter How cold is this winter? I can’t remember so many frosty mornings both consecutively and cumulatively since [...]
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02, 2015
Summer 2015 Newsletter
I’ve recently tasted the 2014 wines being prepared for bottling. This is always a bit unsettling when it follows such [...]
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04, 2014
Autumn 2014 Newsletter
This vintage appears to be a ‘tale of two seasons’… Winter & Spring were cool and very wet, delaying growth [...]
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10, 2013
Spring 2013 Newsletter
This Spring has had a difficult start, with just over 670mm of rain from the end of June to the [...]
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07, 2013
Autumn 2013 Newsletter
This would have to be the warmest seasons (summer/autumn) that we have experienced since establishing the vineyard in 1988. Luckily, [...]
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12, 2012
December 2012 Newsletter
This has been the best start to a vintage we have seen in the vineyard. Heavy late winter/early spring rains [...]
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09, 2012
September 2012 Newsletter
Winter 2012 has been very cold and wet. Despite this all the pruning is finished and we’re ready for the [...]
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07, 2012
July 2012 Newsletter
A warmer than average late summer and early autumn, punctuated by some short, sharp cold spells made harvest date predictions [...]
