WE received 22 millimetres of rain last week and another 5mm on the weekend, which was very welcome, as the grapevines need to be wet even when they are dormant.

The frosts are clobbering the last of the leaves on the vines and I have been doing some contract machine pruning and will get started on our blocks soon/eventually.

The oversupply of red wine is still a continuing challenge hanging o...