Shiraz Republic Winemaking – bottling
Nine months after picking the grapes it was time to bottle the wine. It was great to have Mum & Dad help, and share a picnic lunch at the winery afterwards.
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Pyrenees Unearthed – Avoca Food & Wine Festival
The Pyrenees Region around Avoca is home to a huge number of vinyards and wineries. Â Unfortunately when on a solo driving holiday wine tastings are not much of an option – which is why I was thrilled to find that Avoca was hosting Pyrenees Unearthed, a Food and wine festival
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Shiraz Republic Winemaking – pressing
Ten days after picking and crushing the grapes, it was time to crush them and put the juice into a demijohn for further fermentation. The crushed grapes are poured into the press, which uses a ratchet mechanism to press all of the juice out. The juice is collected into buckets,
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Shiraz Republic winemaking – picking and crushing
4 March 2018 A great morning picking my grapes and crushing them – the start of a long process to eventually become wine.
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