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The Millton Vineyard: July 2010
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To the unschooled eye the vines all look the same, creating. A daunting sight walking into the vineyard to begin pruning. Each vine, however, displays it's own. Idiosyncrasies from seasons past. Within a minute or so each vine's potential quality (and quantity) for the 2011 vintage will be determined. The result. Two canes, each with 3 or 4 upward facing buds, tightly wrapped around the wire. Fleetingly in the cellar to top barrels the music tends to be alluring and pensive. Posted by The Millton Vineyard.
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The Millton Vineyard: August 2011
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The Millton Vineyard and Ussco Bar and Bistro Spring Dinner. Posted by The Millton Vineyard. Sunday afternoon. What better way to spend a Spring like day with friends, family, 4doz Pacific Oysters, a stunning bottle of 2009 Clos de Ste. Anne Chenin Blanc and sitting at Wainui beach gazing into the horizon. Wainui Beach, Gisborne. Posted by The Millton Vineyard. We love Chenin Blanc and it. Takes a long time to get spotted when you produce something that is idiosyncratic and less than 1% of the overall wi...
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The Millton Vineyard: Chenin Blogging
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We love Chenin Blanc and it. Takes a long time to get spotted when you produce something that is idiosyncratic and less than 1% of the overall wine production, that does tick all the boxes of normality, that doesn't rely on the use of any of that makeup stuff some use in the vineyard and cellar to make them look pretty, that comes from the oldest biodynamic wine estate in the New World. Robert Giorgione has something to say about our Crazy by Nature Dry Flint Chenin Blanc and Te Arai Chenin Blanc.
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Sunday afternoon. What better way to spend a Spring like day with friends, family, 4doz Pacific Oysters, a stunning bottle of 2009 Clos de Ste. Anne Chenin Blanc and sitting at Wainui beach gazing into the horizon. Wainui Beach, Gisborne. This wine with the oysters and the ocean breeze is a dreamy match that gave us not only a visual treat of paradise but a taste of satisfaction while drifting into a Sunday afternoon coma. Posted by The Millton Vineyard. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Millton Vineyard: Opou Vegetable Garden
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A small space in Opou Vineyard has been tranformed into a nourishing organic vegetable garden. Garlic, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Zucchinis and Phacelia flowers to keep the bees happy. James Mac, Ross and James Millton harvesting Garlic in the distance. One of the looooong rows of Potatoes. This vintage potatoes are going to play a large part on the menu. Agria Potatoes planted 13/10/2011 in the star sign of Aries. Harvesting the first of the potatoes for the festive season. Posted by The Millton Vineyard.
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The Millton Vineyard: The Millton Vineyard & Ussco Bar & Bistro Spring Dinner
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The Millton Vineyard and Ussco Bar and Bistro Spring Dinner. Posted by The Millton Vineyard. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Been Doon So Long. The Millton Vineyard and Ussco Bar and Bistro Spring D. 160;Sunday afternoon. What better way to spend a . We are back after not a peep since 22 Octob. Te Arai Chenin Blanc. Clos de ste anne. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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The Millton Vineyard: October 2010
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Rather than observe the beginning of September as the arrival of spring, the biodynamic rythyms we follow are much more aligned with the equinox which follows some weeks later. Since this image was captured on the equinox, near the end of September, the shoot growth has more than tripled while enduring our typically bracing North-Westerlies, two brief hail storms and enough rain in one day (220mm! Posted by The Millton Vineyard. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Been Doon So Long. Te Arai Chenin Blanc.
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The Millton Vineyard: October 2009
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Amphora at Domaine Viret, and my daughter Monique. Maybe these are the stones you can smell in this wine. We just finished a long lunch, kinda like our crew downloading after our very long Labour Weekend of Muskats@Millton and the Clos Ste. Anne en primeur. Annie cooked delicious pink roasted lamb with kaffir lime and rosemary, Hohepa Cheese, garden fresh green salad and estate olive oil. A host of wines have been enjoyed but primarily we did credit to an amazing wine from Domaine Viret. With so many leg...
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The Millton Vineyard: December 2009
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With successful flowering a distant memory and berry growth accelerating, the Mendoza clone Chardonnay already exhibits the shot berries for which it is known. From our Riverpoint vineyard in Matawhero, it's likely harvest here should commence some time in the fourth week of March. These old chardonnay vines (originally established in 1978) will form the backbone of our Crazy by Nature. In the cellar, our special 2009 Clos de Ste. Anne. Posted by The Millton Vineyard. Clos de ste anne. Lamas Shedrup's in...
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The Millton Vineyard: January 2012
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A small space in Opou Vineyard has been tranformed into a nourishing organic vegetable garden. Garlic, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Zucchinis and Phacelia flowers to keep the bees happy. James Mac, Ross and James Millton harvesting Garlic in the distance. One of the looooong rows of Potatoes. This vintage potatoes are going to play a large part on the menu. Agria Potatoes planted 13/10/2011 in the star sign of Aries. Harvesting the first of the potatoes for the festive season. Posted by The Millton Vineyard.
