Vintage is progressing well at All Saints and St Leonards’ , as of today we are 80% complete. With only Durif, Cabernet Sauvignon, Muscat and Muscadelle still to go. I would expect by the 31st of March we will only have Muscadelle remaining to be harvested.

Yields have...

Amazing colours of the various wines that are in the process of being made and checked on the lab bench at Pfeiffer Wines. Also, check out the beautiful colours of Shiraz through the "pfavourite" wine press at Pfeiffer Wines. The colours of vintage never cease to amaze...

There’s not a lot to report from this week. The rain has put a halt on picking as we wait for the vines to dry out. Dan and the vineyard team are on top of their sprays, so for now, we just wait calmly.

Despite appearances, we’ve still been busy. On Monday we harvested...

We have now picked most of our Durif – just in time before all this rain has hit last night & today.

Because of its tightly packed bunch structure (and subsequent lack of airflow between berries), Durif grapes are quite susceptible to rot, particularly as they get close...

We've been very busy out in the vineyard and in the winery, too. Here's what's been happening:

Saturday – Andrew rounded up a crew for Sunday 5.00am start to pick the balance of Shiraz at Parola’s vineyard.  43 tons of Shiraz at 15.8 baume and the fruit is sensational....

"This week we clocked over 200T with Shiraz, Viognier, Merlot (Amelie) and Tempranillo. This time last year we had processed 550T and the vintage fruit intakes were more or less over.

The first of our shiraz was pressed off skins this week and will now complete primary...

It's all hands on deck today at the winery.  Even Lauren our cellar door co-ordinator is helping crush our Quartz Vein Durif by operating the receival bin.  Thanks Lauren - don't get too dirty though!!

"Vintage continues at Jones and there is just masses and masses of work to do…. all in good time though! The Rutherglen Brown Muscat and some of our Marsanne grapes are still to be picked. We are waiting for them to develop more flavour! In the winery the white wines a...

Inside these 6 boxes are the "pfamous" Pfeiffer Gamay grapes which have been

hand picked today from the original Gamay vines which were planted on our

Sunday Creek vineyard in 1974. These grapes will be gently crushed in these

bags in these boxes using our much loved foot...

"Getting ready to crush the Quartz Vein Shiraz on Monday.  After a busy weekend of sales, it is good to get back into the throes of #v17 with 8 tonnes of Shiraz."