Harvest Special … FREE … Guided Vineyard and Winery Tour with a small Winetasting

During our New Zealand Harvest from 1st. April until 3rd May 2008 from Monday-Saturday 10am – 5pm…

… we cordially invite you to have an in depth view of how we pick, handle and vinify excellent grown low yield high quality Pinot Noir and our other Grape varieties…

Harvest Special 2008 Free Vineyard and Winery Tour Flyer

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Sauvignon Blanc 2008… The big lot.

Yesterday evening at the local pub, we tasted some of our colleagues Sauvignon Blancs. Absolutely fascinating, what kind of styles our neighbours make. Some very similar to our 2007 elderberry style. But then also some with more tropical aromas. In one case, I had never scented this pure intense Grapefruit flavor before. So with all these impressions in mind, it was time to rack off the main lot of Sauvignon Blanc.

The juice was cold settled in 1000l tanks, which were stored in a cooling container.

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Airport Sydney

Au dem Weg nach Neuseeland gibt es am Flughafen von Sydney einige Duy free Geschäfte.

Und in diese Zonen findet man unter anderem ein paar Weinabteilungen.

Beim durchsschauen sind mir ein paar sehr interresante Dinge aufgefallen.

Da nun die meisten Australischen und Neuseeländischen Weine unter Schraubverschluß gefüllt werden, sind nur noch ein paar ältere Jahrgänge mit Kork noch ausgestellt. Continue reading “Airport Sydney”

Webcam at Johner Estate

Finally I ave installed a webcam, uploading pictures every 15 minutes. It was quite a challenge for me to learn about all the connectivity to the internet, accessing it from outside of the local lan and setting up the whole system.

A picture of the tasting room and some vineyards at Johner Estate

Endlich habe ich es geschafft hier in Neuseeland eine Webcam zu installieren.

Die Ernte 2008 geht los!!!… Our Vintage started in New Zealand

Seit letzten Samstag werden die Sauvignon Blanc Trauben geerntet. Mit Mostgewichten um die 96°Oe also ca. 13 % Vol. und wunderbaren Aromen nach Holunder, Litschi, Zitrus und etwas tropischen Früchten.

Einen kleinen Einblick gibt es im folgendem Film:

We have started with our New Zealand vintage 2008. First grape picked were Sauvignon Blanc with around 23 Brix. Great ripe aromas of elderberry, litschi, citrus, and tropical fruit.

For a more visual view, please look at the follwoing film: