2014 the year that was….

by | Nov 2, 2014 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

As always its been a long time since I posted anything, thus time to update you all on whats been going on here at Heaps Good. This was a difficult year to say the least, as many of you will know there wasn’t much of a summer this year across a lot of Europe....

Vintage Down Under

by | Feb 28, 2014 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

Yabby Lake and Heathcote Estate 2014 So some of you may not know but I have escaped the cold of the Northern hemisphere for the warm days of sunny Heathcote in Victoria, Australia. I figured why not keep you up to date with what’s happening down here. I am...

End of Harvest Report part IV

by | Feb 23, 2014 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

PART FOUR: BLAUFRANKISCH I feared greatly for the Blaufrankisch this year, it just didn’t seem to have the time to ripen to where I would like. We picked it on the 18th of October, which was very late and quite surreal. Much like the Pinot noir I was never wowed...

End of Harvest Report Part III

by | Dec 31, 2013 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

PART THREE: PINOT NOIR This was not the easiest season to grow grapes, the winter seemed to go on forever. The late start meant we had a shorter growing season and that the harvest was always going to be much later than previous years. This presented a few issues with...

End of Harvest Report Part II

by | Dec 25, 2013 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

PART TWO: PINOT GRIS This years Pinot gris represents a return to form for me, or more so a return to the style I like more. For those of you who liked the 2010 vintage then you are in for a treat with 2013. It has taken me a few years of experimentation to finally...