Tim in the winery, checking on the wines

While they have been down south it has been all go here. Tim has been doing trials and final adjustments for the 2009 Durvillea Sauvignon Blanc, particulary looking looking at the balance and structure of the wine, to get it just right! We have just booked in a bottling date for the 16th October.

The 2009 Durvillea Pinot Noir is a work in progress, it is still in barrel and we are waiting for the malolactic fermentation (MLF) to finish (rounds and and softens the palate) before we finish this wine ready for bottling.

Photo may have been digitally enhanced!

While Tim has been looking after the winery and production side I have been organising a new promotion for Durvillea. This is for the month of October and is to encourage people to load up fan photos of themselves drinking Durvillea. While the one I have put up is of a a friend and I in Greece earlier this year, you get the point of what I’m hoping we’ll get some people doing( though not necessarily photoshopped). Especially with an incentive of a 6pack of wine to win! (Visit www.facebook.com/durvilleawines for more information)

I am off to Seafest this weekend in Kaikoura, but I look forward to looking at photos of you all drinking Durvillea in different places on Monday morning. Have a great weekend, and I’ll leave you with a couple more photos of Jane and Simon’s trip down south. -Sophie