• 1986

    There are only two wines for release this year. These are the 1985 Chardonnay and the 1984 Cabernets. The Pinot Noir, 1985 vintage, will stay in cask, be bottled later and have longer bottle maturation before release with the 1985 Cabernets. The current release wines are first rate wines, even for tasting now; they are Read More   |  

  • 1985

    This year’s vintage at Mount Mary was our eleventh. In midyear we attended a vertical tasting of our Cabernets from 1976 to 1984, which had been organised by Stewart Langton, from Fowles Overett. The 1984 Wine still in cask, was served as a cask sample. This was a memorable night for us, both interesting and Read More   |  

  • 1984

    Last year I remember writing the newsletter with Spring in full bloom. We had had just enough rain, weeds and grass were abundant and growing rapidly and the vines were visibly elongating each day. This year it is a different picture. I have tried to distance Santa Claus time from our wine marketing programme, and Read More   |