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2006 Reserve Reds Get Short-listed

With the coming of spring also arrives the time to start looking into the depths of the cellar for our blockbuster reserve red tastings.  With the 05 Reserves out on the shelves and hauling in the hardware, the pressure is on to produce even better Bordeaux blends from the follow-up 2006 vintage. More elegant and [...]

The Racking of Heinz

Way back in the pre-harvest days of 2006, winemakers Rob Power and Craig McDonald decided to “go big or go home”, purchasing a large volume barrel called a demi-muid, which could hold in the neighbourhood of 620L.  A cellar hand, in a moment of Germanic flamboyance, dubbed the big boy “Heinz”.   The name has stuck, [...]