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I had never ever heard of Marquette until I signed up here, but a lot of you guys seem to grow it. I assume it’s pretty good to work with and makes a decent drop? They look pretty good from here Chuck 👍

Love it! Keep the updates coming 👍

Mate that’s so crap! I’m getting my first crop this year and I’m already worried about the birds! I’ll be taking your advice and getting those nets up asav.

So this is the first year that my vines are going to be giving me something to work with come February. We don’t have a lot of things that ruin your crop down here, but we do have powdery mildew and we do have birds. Lots of them. The nets will have to come out from Christmas onwards, but I...

They look amazing mate, I’ve been tossing up whether or not to give this a go, mostly just to learn how to do it, and a little as I like my Sangiovese clone. 75% take seems like a win for the good guys.

I can’t believe the shear amount of organisms that want to eat your grapes over in the States 😳 Everything here might be trying to kill you, but none of them eat grapes.

We just have lots of the world’s most deadly snakes. Seems to take care of the rodent problems, just keep a shovel handy and don’t go picking up large objects off the ground in summer.

This is good news! Even if it’s only a small yield it’ll be better than making Shiraz every year, which is the only thing you can buy easily here.

I learnt off this guy and have done 4 vintages using milk crates, pretty easy work. 120 kg one time was a bit more of a chore, but still not too bad. We all love doing this stuff anyway.

How did they go with all that fruit? I only ask as I have some 2yo Sangiovese and some Antão Vaz that are about to budburst (in Oz) and I’m tempted to take some fruit off them this given the good growth I got from them last year. Thinking around 8-10 bunches each if they keep looking like they...

Not keen to replant with a couple of varieties that might lend themselves better to the climate and your tongue?

Welcome KISA! I’m in oz as well, country Victoria. If you’re in VIC or southern NSW I can hook you up with fresh grapes if you ever fall short. We don’t have the access that they have in the States, but it’s easier now than it was even 5 years ago.

Sorry to dig up an old thread for the second time, but I can’t find much information on freezing white juice. I grow 15 vines each of Riesling, voignier, arinto, Albariño, and antao vaz. This is the first year I’ve had all 5 varieties online so I’m looking to freeze at lease three of these as I...

You picked a dandy year to start! A lot of the fruit around Heathcote was wiped out, especially the Cab Sav and Grenache, simply couldn't get the machinery into the vineyards until December. I only planted my vines last year so no fruit was lost TF. How did it taste going into the keg?

Hey mjcrow, looks like you have a cracker of a property. If you're ever looking for help and willing to pay in grapes, send me a DM on here. I'm in Heathcote (Central Vic), and always keen to give someone a hand and try some fruit from somewhere like EV! I've made about 4 whites before, and can...

I must say that I'm insanely jealous of the range of fruit that you have access too. Over here we have whatever you are lucky enough to find, which is usually just Shiraz.

Over here in Oz you would have no hope. Grenache is so wildly popular with drinkers that it is impossible to find it available. There was a producer here in Heathcote that making you buy 3 tonnes of Shiraz fruit if you wanted to buy a tonne of Grenache. Downy wiped out what little is in the ground.

I've never even HEARD of this before. Great read 👍

That is such a foreign concept here in Australia!

I've been tossing up the use of bags when my vines start bearing fruit in a couple of years, as I'm trying to limit the use of pesticides as my yard borders a protected wetlands and we have a bazillion birds around the place. Given that I only have 90-odd vines, is there any other disadvantage...