about to harvest

2011 Harvest Complete

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April 22nd 2011
(See below for an update - Pressing Complete) Our day started at 6.30am for the 2011 wine grape harvest in our micro mini vineyard. After a really promising start to the season and then so many hiccups (too much rain, an attack of powdery mildew, honey eating birds breaking into the netting, fruit fly, and lots and lots more rain) our harvest turned out reasonably ok. The process for the da ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Blue Mountains

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more