by holmoak | May 15, 2020 | Blog, Winemaking
Chardonnay is a white grape variety that originated in the Burgundy wine region of France. It is a variety that is grown widely across all regions of Australia. Is chardonnay sweet or dry? Chardonnay is generally categorised as a dry wine. Occasionally it is made into...
by holmoak | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Winemaking
Hands up who has children? Hands up who is constantly astounded by the diametrically opposed character traits found in offspring born from the same parents? We are those parents. The personalities of our children, Will and Max, are so uniquely different that we often...
by holmoak | Jan 23, 2020 | Winemaking
Moscato is a style of wine made from muscat grapes. It’s famous for sweet flavours of peaches and orange blossom and because it’s lower in alcohol than other sparkling wines. The muscat grape has been around for thousands of years, and encompasses a range of over 200...
by holmoak | Oct 17, 2019 | Winemaking
People often ask me the question, “What is a natural wine?” and it’s a good one. As far as I’m aware, there is no legal definition for this, so you need to rely on the honesty of the producer as to what they have (or in most cases, haven’t) done to the wine. ...
by holmoak | Jun 11, 2019 | Winemaking
There are certain classic images that spring to mind when people think about the winemaking process – frenetic scenes of vintage, bunches of grapes hanging on the vines, hand picking, even that age-old tradition of foot stomping and plunging the fruit once it hits the...
by holmoak | Mar 12, 2019 | Blog, Winemaking
Good wine starts in the vineyard, which is why it is especially important to adopt environmentally friendly practices in the vineyard to produce world-class wines. In Tasmania our climate means that it’s often difficult to become fully organic, but as a business we...
