Out and about in January and February 2012...

Sunday 1 January there is no Lilydale Rotary Farmers' Produce Market.

Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 January at Yarra Valley Dairy McMeekins Road Yering 12:00 noon to 5:00pm.

Saturday 14 January at Caulfield Farmers' Market Cnr Booran & Neerim Roads Caulfield 8:00am to 1:00pm.

Sunday 5 February Harvest 'n' Graze Festival at Caulfield Race Course 10:00am to 4:00pm.

Saturday 11 February at Caulfield Farmers' Market Cnr Booran & Neerim Roads Caulfield 8:00am to 1:00pm.

Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 Februaryat Yarra Valley Dairy McMeekins Road Yering 12:00 noon to 5:00pm.

These are good opportunities to sample our wines. Hope to see you.

Where we go regularly...

1st Sunday each month at Lilydale Rotary Farmers' Produce Market Bellbird Park Swansea & Akarana Roads Lilydale 8:00am to 1:00pm.

2nd Saturday each month at Caulfield Farmers' Market Cnr Booran & Neerim Roads Caulfield 8:00am to 1:00pm.

Each month at Yarra Valley Dairy (dates vary but are listed above) .

March each year at Mooroolbark Community Festival.

The vines are growing rapidly due to intermitent episodes of warm sunny weather and rain. Activities are centred around keeping growth under control, protection against fungal growth and mitigating frost risk as much as possible. The vineyard is looking clean and green at this stage.

Significant rainfall experienced during the first half of this year has ensured that the soil profile is full. This will carry the vines through until harvest 2012.

And the wines…

Our 2010 sauvignon blanc was released in November and is now our current vintage.

We added a rosé to our range in 2008 and due to its popularity we followed up with a 2009 rosé which was released in November 2009. We are currently sold out of rosé. Due to a poor season in 2011 we did not produce a 2011 rosé. Now that we have sold out of the 2009 vintage we must await the 2012 vintage for another rosé.

We released our 2008 Merlot in June 2011 and is now our current vintage.

We released the 2006 shiraz in June 2010. This wine has now developed complexity and is well received by the public. Stocks should last until early 2012 when it will be time to release the next vintage.

Our 2007 shiraz is developing well in the bottle and will continue to do so for the next 12-18 months.