At Lansdowne Vineyard, the 2024 season brought challenges with unpredictable weather, including frost and thunderstorms. Despite setbacks, our commitment to quality yielded a rewarding harvest.

Our organic viticulture journey started several years ago, and has opened our minds to the resilience that natural systems already have.

Mum used to cook this Minestrone soup for us when we were kids. It became my go-to again when it was wet out and I had nothing in my backburner.

I recently ‘converted’ a good bunch of ripe-old-shiraz-loving-scratchy-throat citizens to Pet Nat. A Sauvignon Blanc Pet Nat to boot.

The 2020 vintage won’t be forgotten anytime soon. It saw frost, fire and a pandemic, but will still go down as one of the better vintages for fruit quality.