AUTUMN 2018
After a hectic start to the year, things have settled down slightly at Three Dams and finally a bit of welcome rain has greened things up and the crisp Autumn evenings have arrived.
Late in April, the first vintage of Tempranillo was transferred into two oak hogsheads, one French and one American.
Late in April, the first vintage of Tempranillo was transferred into two oak hogsheads, one French and one American.
The idea behind this is to try and replicate the traditional winemaking style of Ribero del Duero in Spain. We also decided to buy a quantity of finished Shiraz from a local Heathcote producer so we now have a third barrel full of wine!
Lloyd Hudson lending a hand in the winery.
Wendy is pretty excited about finally getting her white stones to border the house. Having put that job on the back burner many times, the stones were finally ordered and Wends spent many hard hours spreading them...so far around the house and fire pit.
A bit more tweaking of the solar PV system has happened as well with the addition of 2 x 250 watt panels facing directly West designed to catch the fading rays of the winter sun. Now we have a "real" electric fridge, harvesting the maximum solar energy is now more important than ever so hopefully panels facing East, North and now West as well will help achieve this aim.
Time now to enjoy a few nights by the fire and plan for the next Spain trip in June and the new venture, Casita Del Río!
