With vintage 2018 over and some of the wine already in bottles (and lots of it already shared with chums!), we thought it would be good to give you an update of what’s been happening this year at C2G HQ. Having moved from our small apartment in Port Melbourne in …
Vintage 2018 – My first vintage at Best’s Wines, Great Western
‘Chase your dreams,’ they said. I certainly chased this one – right into a lift after the Sydney Royal wine show. Can you imagine my delight when Justin Purser, winemaker at Best’s offered me a vintage several months later?! ‘Vintage’ is the term given to the time of the year …
Yarra Yering – Medallion Members day
Recently we had the privilege of spending an amazing day at one of our favourite wineries in the Yarra Valley, Yarra Yering. Producing very high quality wine in small batches, enables them to keep a good degree of control over each ferment.. Yarra Yering process just over 100 tonnes of …
Fermentation Chamber build – Part 2
This post follows directly on from my previous one on building a fermentation chamber at home to control the temperature of my 2018 ferments at home. The next steps in the build involved adding the frame and first layer of insulation for the walls. The frame itself is a pretty …
What’s he building in there? (A Fermentation Chamber!) – Part 1
Andi is going to be away on vintage at Bests Great Western in the 2018 wine making season. I therefore have free reign to play and am slowly converting the garage of our rental into my very own winery! I plan to ferment several batches of wine and am hoping …