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Pfeiffer Pinot NoirAs you know, our Pinot Noir vines are the oldest on our Sunday Creek vineyard. They have had the hardest life, beginning with their trip here, originally from Burgundy in France. They have suffered through many, many floods, times of great stress through drought, and like we humans, they continue to age. They have become very gnarled and nobbly, some have not responded to all the love and affection heaped upon them and have given up their zest for life, while others are “soldiering on”, but struggling more and more as the years go by. The Life Of A Winemaker"The Life of a Winemaker" as seen through my eyes, those of the wife of one winemaker, Chris and the mother of the other winemaker, Jen.
The year for the winemaker is an ongoing programme, though not just for one year. Some wines take longer than the year of the vintage to be made, like red wines that mature in oak barrels for more than a year before being bottled. Then there are the "pfamous" fortified wines that mature forever in their special oak barrels and are being tended to all the time by the winemakers.
However, let’s get back to the start of the year. As summer progresses during January and the grapes are ripening, developing lots of flavour and sweet fruit characters, Chris and Jen walk through the vines, plucking grapes from different parts of the bunches and different parts of the vine. Fascinating Wine FactsWhen picking grapes the skins should be rich and full of flavour. You know the grapes are ripe when the seeds have lost any trace of bitterness and have a nutty richness. In ancient Greece, a dinner host would take the first sip of wine to assure guests the wine was not poisoned, hence the phrase “drinking to one’s health.” The Turning Of The SeasonsGrapes have an annual life cycle and each season plays a vital role in that cycle.
Winter For us here at Pfeiffer Wines, our new year begins after our “pfabulous” and “pfamous” Winery Walkabout which is held every Queen’s Birthday Weekend in June. It is then, in the depths of Winter, that we start pruning the vineyard. Bbrrrr! Yes it is cold but this short time of 10 weeks is when the vines are dormant and can be cut or rather pruned, in a particular way which will determine the way the vine will perform for the next harvest time in the actual New Year. By the end of August the pruning job has been done and each vine now knows exactly what it is expected to do.
What To Drink...For Father's DayFor such a special occasion, it's worth opening something frothy, bubbly, special or just very drinkable, writes Jane Faulkner. Another James Halliday 5 Star RatingThe 2014 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion was released last Thursday and we are proud to announce that for the 5th consecutive year we have been rated a 5 star winery. 14 of our wines received a score of 90 points or above, with our Rare Rutherglen Muscat reaching the dizzy heights of 98 points and our Rare Rutherglen Topaque and our Grand Rutherglen Muscat scoring 97 points. Pfeiffer Wines Art Show People's Choice Award Winner 2014The Pfeiffer Wines Art Show People's Choice Award goes to....
New Release...Pinot GrigioWe are celebrating Spring with the release of a brand new addition to the Pfeiffer range! |
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