The Drought has broken!!
Boxing Day and Family and friends Day at Providence. And it is raining! Catherine and I are soaking wet, having been working outside since early this morning - and we…
Boxing Day and Family and friends Day at Providence. And it is raining! Catherine and I are soaking wet, having been working outside since early this morning - and we…
Despite all our good efforts, there there is still crack willow growing by the creek running through Providence. This willow disposal machine (Gary!) works quite well.
Okay, I don't get it right all the time. Flowering is a week early this year but nevertheless I remain a climate change sceptic as nothing has moved in the…
Vale Nancy Wiltshire, ailment widow of noted viticulturist and winemaker Graham. Nancy passed away on 21 November. Graham Wiltshire, story who passed away in March 2014, was known in the…
At the end of last season we instituted a process to ensure that there were no 'overwintering' powdery mildew spores - the cause of the devastation of the 2015 Pinot…
Found in the inventory: a number of the fabulous Golden Dozen Pinots - the Gold Medal and Trophy winners from the 2010 Royal Hobart Wine Show and the 2011 Tasmanian…
The vines response to the laying down of one cane instead of two has been to grow quite a few canes from the crown of each vine foremother than the…
Age takes its toll Every Spring we see that the ravages of time and disease have taken their toll: some vines have not made it over Winter. In most cases it is…
Providence has participated in three previous ''Bashes' and has supported Variety in their aim to raise funds for needy kids. Pictured are Johnno and Jan with "Blinky Bill". I drove…
Always the most exciting time of the year: budburst. Wine I first bought the vineyard in 1980, budburst was during the third week in September. Apart from a brief climatic…