Autumn 2018 Newsletter
Grape growers and wine producers are in the front seat of the epic ‘climate change’. The discussion is happening across [...]
Grape growers and wine producers are in the front seat of the epic ‘climate change’. The discussion is happening across [...]
Spring 2017 Newsletter It’s good to start with a weather report… a bit like the nightly news but in reverse [...]
What a glorious Autumn we have been having this year! The magnificent Autumn leaf colours seem to be reflecting the [...]
It wouldn’t seem right without my intro whinge about the weather (this man is never satisfied!) It’s wet! And has [...]
The 2016 vintage could be seen as the culmination of a warmer than average season (typical El Nino drought/heat), punctuated [...]
Send us some rain! We are approaching the end of January with just 110mm since September 1st, all in dribs [...]
It wouldn’t be a Grey Sands newsletter without my comments on the weather… I am a farmer (well wine farmer) [...]
Winter 2015 Newsletter How cold is this winter? I can’t remember so many frosty mornings both consecutively and cumulatively since [...]
I’ve recently tasted the 2014 wines being prepared for bottling. This is always a bit unsettling when it follows such [...]
This vintage appears to be a ‘tale of two seasons’… Winter & Spring were cool and very wet, delaying growth [...]