Hawks Nest Wines of NZ

Hawks Nest Wines of NZ Well, I have been away and sick as well so those of you excitedly waiting for my next post can now relax. Just when everything seems to be going well at the vineyard up pops potential trouble. Have you heard about the cyclone in Australia that wiped out the banana farms and distroyed so much in northern Queensland? That storm is now drifting to the East toward NZ. If it takes a southern track it could brush close to us in Matakana. Cyclones are just hurricaines in the South Pacific that spin the other direction. They only rarely affect NZ as the water cools that far south. Now, with global warming there are predictions of more cyclone effects for North NZ. We could get a lot of rain in a few days and that could be terrible for us at this late growing stage. Jeremy our vineyard manager will get out our talcum powder bags and spread it on the grape bunches. Yes, just as the French do we use this old method to dry out grape bunches when they are fat and pressing together when it rains and is warm with good sugar levels in the grapes. It dries out the water on the fruit and thus reduces the fungus proliferation. Not only is in very So, join us in praying to the Gods of weather to blow that storm off to the North East!!! More soon. Dr. JIm