McLaren Vale Single Vineyard Shiraz – Scarce Earth
16 August 2023
Our inspiration for bottling small volumes of Shiraz from single vineyards was the Scarce Earth program, which was a McLaren Vale initiative exploring and celebrating…
Battle of Bosworth and Spring Seed Wines – it’s a state of mind
9 August 2023
I must have been a little bored one day and trawled the library on my iPhone and found these photos that made me think, my,…
News round up
14 May 2019
I had to write a news round up for our wine club members (have a look at the benefits of joining…
2016 Spring Seed Scarlet Runner Shiraz and 2017 Spring Seed Poppy Pinot Grigio
16 August 2017
A quick news alert to inform the faithful that we have released the new vintage of Spring Seed ‘Scarlet Runner’ Shiraz and ‘Poppy’ Pinot Grigio…
Bosworth lunch at Fino, Saturday 17th May 2014
2 May 2014
Aussie Wine Month is a celebration of Australian wine (which lasts for a month!) and we are taking part in the proceedings by joining forces with…
Spring Vineyard Operations
24 September 2013
It’s all go in the vineyard at the moment, after a pretty wet winter. Joch’s father Peter gets drafted in to do the all-important dodge…
2011 Spring Seed ‘Scarlet Runner’ Shiraz Top 100 Wine
20 July 2013
A nice bit of press for the 2011 Spring Seed ‘Scarlet Runner’ Shiraz in Tony Love’s Top 100 Wines today in the Adelaide Advertiser!…
New vintage ‘Puritan’ Shiraz 2013 available
13 June 2013
In a remarkable feat of getting organised, we have bottled and released the newest vintage of the ‘Puritan’ Shiraz, a wine we make without adding any…
April Showers
30 April 2013
Well, vintage – or harvest – is finally over for 2013. The guys picked the Petit Verdot up on the hill on a balmy April…
2011 McLaren Vale Scarce Earth Shiraz Launch Saturday 27th April
20 April 2013
Tickets are available for the launch of the 2011 McLaren Vale 2011 Scarce Earth Single Vineyard Shiraz. This is the third release of these wines.
The Halfway Mark
28 February 2013
Well, Joch reckons he has ‘broken the back of vintage’ – or he will have done by the end of the week. Smaller than anticipated…
First Crush at Battle of Bosworth Vintage 2013
14 February 2013
We had an exciting start to the week, with the first crush of grapes at our new winery shed. The winery shed was built by…