happy new year?

Erm, happy new year! With our first post of the year it seems we've missed both summer & autumn in our aim to pass on our daily reflections. A cool and forlorn summer followed by a beautiful autumn resulted in a belated, amorphous harvest that has resulted in vibrant aromatic whites & restrained, elegant reds. More on their evolution soon...

As harvest concluded a few of our senior staff escaped to Taruna for a weekend recap on biodynamic preparations. Here's a few of our captivating creations...

Yarrow flowers matured in a stag's bladder (prep 502)

 

Chamomile flowers stuffed into a cow's intestine (prep 503)

 Burying firmly packed nettle (prep 504)

Fiori!

A distinctly floral post. Snaps taken yesterday as the moon passed through Libra, a flower sign. Blossoming growth in the vineyard - flowering in Chardonnay & the olives while there is constant blossoming (and picking) of the flowers used in the biodynamic preparations...

50% flowering in clone 95 chardonnay

flowering frantoio olives

chamomile : about to be picked for preparation 503

drying dandelion flowers for preparation 506

a tea of Valerian flowers for preparation 507

New Arrival

Introducing Zepelin, and her proud mother Xena. The latest addition to the Millton family, born this past Thursday, already he's as inquisitive & friendly as his mum & five aunties.

Our herd of red shorthorns play an essential role in our vineyards. Not only does their manure contribute to our compost and preparation 500, as animals with a strong connection to the earth, they embody biodynamic culture.

With so many legally required statements on modern wine labels we've decided to use the cow as a symbol of our biodynamic wine estate on all our 2009 vintage wines and our new Crazy by Nature range...


This coming Saturday 24th October we'll be letting our hair down to celebrate the official release of our 2009 Muskats @ Dawn & 2009 Merlot Rosé with Muskats@Millton. This afternoon in the sun is headlined by the glorious Cut off your hands. Here's a taste of what to expect. Dust off your skinny black jeans...