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Minersridge 'Pop Up Cellar Door'
<![CDATA[Minersridge will be joined by two other small wine producers, Clarnette & Ludvigsen and The Story Wines at a Pop Up Cellar door in Great Western on November 2nd and 3rd.
We will have all our current wines available for tasting and sales from 10.00am on the corner of the Western Highway and the Great Western and Moyston Road. (Great Western Garage).
Heather will be making great coffees and snacks inside so be sure to 'Pop In' and visit us.
Find the event on our facebook page www.facebook.com/MinersRidgeVineyard
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2011 Shiraz ready for drinking!
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Minersridge 2011 Shiraz is ready for drinking and now available for purchase. Tasted recently with friends, our wine held its own against some other fine Australian wines. 2011 was reported as the year many growers wanted to forget. For us here in the Grampians we fared well through drought, floods and untimely rains and was able to produce a quality wine for your enjoyment.
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Pruning in winter
Each year after the excitement of vintage is over, and the vines become dormant so begins pruning time.
Unfortunately this is also the coldest time of the year, and this year has been particularly cold. It has also been quite a wet year and while the rain is welcomed, it does make pruning the least favourite job on a vineyard!
The first vines pruned for the year are always the first ones picked which in our case is our Chardonnay! Andrew finished our Chardonnay a couple of months ago and has moved into the Shiraz which will be finished next week.
Miners Ridge Contracting service expanded out last year and purchased a pre-pruning machine.
As well as preparing our own vineyard ready for easier pruning, Andrew also pre-pruned other local vineyards. Pre-pruning the vines speeds up the process quite dramatically.
The final variety to prune will be the Cabernet. All pruning (much to the relief of Andrew) will be over by September, ready for the weedicide then spraying part of the cycle!
2012 Vintage
Well the 2012 Vintage is now well and truly over in the Grampians region. It was another good year for Miners Ridge. The yield was down slightly which should result in deeper flavours and higher quality fruit. We are very excited about this fruit being made into wine.
[Read more…] about 2012 Vintage