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What on earth is veraison?

2021-02-01T04:14:54+00:00February 1, 2021|

Start of veraison in Shiraz As I write this, our Shiraz grapes have started veraison. In viticulture, veraison is the onset of the ripening of the grapes. The official definition of veraison is "change of colour of the grape berries". Veraison represents the transition from berry growth to [...]

Crankie at The Stables

2021-01-19T02:00:22+00:00January 11, 2021|

Wine, food and live music from 11:30am each day at The Stables at Ravenswood Homestead.Enjoy our Crankie and Killiecrankie Wines with some fabulous food provided by the team at Ravenswood Homestead. 11:30am - 5pm, Saturday 23 January 2021  and Sunday 24 January 2021 Due to current COVID restrictions, there will [...]

Shiraz with Duck? Yes you can!

2021-01-08T22:56:40+00:00January 1, 2021|

Wine, food, friends and love... In the past, the Bendigo wine region had a reputation for producing big bold styles of red wine and not producing white wines at all. Well good readers, I am here to tell you that this is not the case.Although big and bold wines can [...]

We’re a secret gem!

2020-11-18T07:11:06+00:00November 17, 2020|

"Just outside town, at Ravenswood, is Killiecrankie Wines' cellar door, where you can try and buy quirky but seriously good wines, such as the 2018 Lola Montez Monastrell Shiraz, named after exotic dancer Lola Montez, who shocked audiences at Castlemaine's Theatre Royal in 1856 by raising her skirts." Secret gems in [...]

Racking

2020-11-17T01:50:22+00:00October 28, 2020|

All industries have their own language which others 'on the outside' will not fully understand. While talking to customers in the cellar door I have certainly been guilty of using wine industry terms. One that comes to mind is racking. What could that mean? Well it might mean shelving in [...]

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