Beasties in the vines

Some insects in the vineyard Summer is here. Temperature have soared to 35°C and the cicadas are in full voice. Here are a few photos of the insect life in our Syrah vineyard this week. This cicada looks pretty calm but he can zoom around the vineyard at great speed,...

Who’s been eating our vines?

  A couple of weeks ago, we were alarmed to see that several of our Syrah vines had been munched by an unidentified predator. The damage was too high up to be wild boar so we thought it might be deer, although we’ve never seen any in the vineyard. Three days...