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Hopes and dreams, 1983
We certainly have a big telescope at hand.
The top of the Blend Block with Stephen wondering off into the distance.
So, how many bunches does it take to make a bottle of wine?
What else is there to say?
There are around 5,000 of them left in the wild, and some of them visit Bloodwood's wattles regularly each November.
Riesling likes cool, well drained gravels. We have them in spades at Bloodwood.
So, it's another sunset picture; but what a sunset. A real Galah sky.
Could be a keeper.
Planting Malbec in 1983
Looking East toward Orange.
Our first weatherish-proof home. Now part of the winery.
Bitterly beautiful.
The smaller the sign the better the wine..not always.
Our beautiful Cellar Door lovingly designed and painted over a decade by Wayne Harris.
or Murrumbidgee Bluebell flowering along the creek. An abstract experience.
We planted orchard trees to entice the birds away from our grapes. Results are inconclusive.
This is what happens when your neighbours Hereford bull jumps your fence. Poor old Daisy.
You can have today off Stephen.
And annual, gentle delight.
We use untreated iron bark posts when wood is called for.
If you visit Bloodwood you get a job.
Beats using a shovel.
Rhonda and Marty doing their dough.
Ripping is the easy part. Planting can be back breaking.
We have always raised a small herd of calves. Initially they were Hereford. Nowadays we run Black Angus.
Some winter mornings it is better to stay in bed.
To give a vine a home
We grew out cuttings for rootlings in our early plantings.
Well, it is a statement that we are here to stay.
I quite like grey
Preparing wines for bottling often requires cold stabilization. Orange in winter helps.
The vineyard transforms under snow.
As Randy Newman says, "everybody goes bad eventually".
Covid-19 protocols for cellar door visits
Covid-19 creates health and hygeine challenges when you come to our cellar door. We will have to check your temperature and will be following common sense physical distancing and cleanliness protocols. However, we encourage you to phone us on (02) 6362 5631 to book your wine tasting with Steve and Rhonda. It’s lonely out here at the winery - give us a call, we’d love a chat.