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Biodiversity, Farming with Vines, Wining and Dining and Galpin Peak Pinot noir…!

Yesterday has been one of those typical, Western Cape winter days with lots of rain and gale force winds as well as an icy chill – so much so that the cold air is set in motion and penetrates through the wool of a pullover during the mere walking by of a person in the room.

Although we are very happy about the rain, according to research on global climate change, we will experience increasingly shorter periods of rainfall with higher rainfall intensities.   Read the rest of this entry »

With our winemaker Peter Finlayson returning from the London International Wine Trade Fair, we have been completing all sorts of exciting projects. (More news on this soon!!!)

This week in the cellar we are bottling the Galpin Peak Pinot noir ’10 and are very excited about the outcome! With the occasional droplet of Pinot noir from the bottling, the air has filled with aromas of plums, mulberries and cherries! There is almost a calming melody in the cling-cling of the bottles as they are fed by a smiling Shannon, our cellar hands wife, into the bottling line. A fascinating almost playful image as the bottles move through the different stations in the line ending in a Nitrogen sparge and the cork from Portugal!

With todays events drawing to an end, the next day is awaited with excitement a tomorrow there is an interesting workshop in town on environmental/ conservational matters. Have a look at the program below.

BWI Producer day – 26 May 2011

Bokmakirieriet - a unique fynbos species found on Bouchard Finlayson thought to be extinct in the greater Hermanus area

King Protea