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Vineyard

As well as the usual spring rush: including de-suckering by hand (ouch, says the lower back), canopy management (tucking-in all the crazy growth into the trellising) and mowing (it's never-ending), there's also a whole lot of mulching going on. We composted last season's hay - all 700 bales of...

20 November, 2018 /

This season we had a very dry winter resulting in earlier bud-burst by 7 to 10 days. Fortunately good rains in early summer provided some relief. Mild conditions during flowering provided good fruit set. Early canopy management has eased the disease pressure following the 2...

23 February, 2011 /

I know we traditionally have a pretty high standard with our limited release Chardonnay . . . well, I have to say this 2009 vintage has to be my favourite yet. It's soft, it's creamy, it's got excellent balance and structure . . . beautiful...

28 April, 2010 /

Last week, we were proud to host a group of 25 students with their Professor from Murdoch Uni's School of Sustainability, organised through Denmark's Centre for Sustainable Living. The main gist of the Moombaki part of the tour was to look at resilient communities and...

10 February, 2010 /

  Dave has started the (mostly) rewarding, but fastidious job of pruning the vines. All 4,200 of them! And like with most things at Moombaki, the attention to detail makes all the difference. It’s no quick haircut, but a careful selection of the best looking cane;...

30 June, 2009 /

You've probably heard that the presence of frogs in an environment is a great indicator of how balanced that environment is. And it is always a delight to see such an example of getting the ecology of the vineyard right, when you come across a frog,...

02 May, 2009 /

Trying to anticipate the weather gods, and the likelihood of weather forecasts to be accurate indicators of pending weather, can be a stressful task around vintage. Dave spends many hours poring over the weather websites, in an effort to get the grapes off at the...

03 April, 2009 /

Well, down in Denmark we’ve had some gorgeous weather the last weeks and there has certainly been a change in the air, signifying the onset of Autumn with some lovely cool, crisp mornings. Perfect for gentle ripening of our grapes (although the darker mornings are proving...

12 March, 2008 /