A couple of firsts – 2013 is the first time we have had to net in the rain. A couple of times it poured and one such event was bordering on tropical. Consequently, we got wet as shags and the nets weighed about three times their normal weight. The second first is we used Kone […]
Nesting peacefully in the Open Lyre Pinot is this clutch of blackbirds. They will grow up on a diet of fresh grapes. However, they are very tidy birds, completely finishing a grape before moving on to the next, leaving nothing to the detriment of the wine. Because they sing so sweetly in the mornings we
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Our first recycle day after Christmas is next Tuesday. The bin is nearly full and a few of the bottles are Moet Chandon. Moet at Christmas has been a Bryce tradition since 1963 when my mother, this site Peggy Bryce, purchase bought a case of it that year. As in every year since, we started
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Well, seek 2012 has ben progressing well. The recently arrived mites have left the vineyard and the squirt of nitrogen which caused some early leaf burn has greatly assisted canopy development. Flowering was very short – about a week and we are past fruit set on Pinot and Chardonnay and almost through on Riesling. I
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Stuart crewed on Jan Gul’s “Blinky Bill”: a 1970 Holden ute carrying the Blinky Bill characters. During the “Bash” Providence catered for a lunch for all participants and the Variety staff. We travelled through the north west, Lakes country, east coast and the Styx Valley, finishing at the Salmon Ponds at Bushey Park. The figure
Budburst has always been an exciting moment at Providence – when new life is first seen, heralding the start of a new growing season. This photo was taken on 23 September, about a week later than the standard (so much for global warming!). This is Pinot Noir on the Open Lyre trellis system, designed by
Well, someone’s finally thought of it: A stubby cooler that keeps your beer cold and your hands warm. 100% natural product, made from Tasmanian wallaby skin after the wallaby no longer needs it as it has been prepared for human consumption. Wallaby meat from Lenah Game meats has been a long-time favourite in restaurants across
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After struggling to protect our precious grapes from their major predator, the ubiquitous Silvereye (aka White eye) we have purchased a secret weapon! Whereas nets have been largely successful in limiting damage, the little suckers, despite being labelled ‘arboreal’, manage to get inside the nets by crawling underneath! Undulating ground makes sealing this entrance difficult
On the wine side, medications our 2010 Providence Miguet Chardonnay has finally been bottled. Yes, decease this has taken quite some time as we continued the past practise that has given us consistent gold medals through the addition of reserve stock (10%). Guy Wagner has made a terrific wine that wikl be released shortly (as
Hello everyone, doctor I must apologise for the long break in transmissions from Providence. Mostly my fault, buy and it has been ably assisted by Priya Chandra of Useable Web, erectile who has rebuilt the website and enabled this small addition. Now that I now how to use it there will be more! Apart from
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