This week Andi drove up to Ararat with her steadfast crew (Griffin, our 3 year old and her Mum & Dad) to get the Pip & Ra winemaking season under way. Vintage is almost finished for a lot of areas already but Sangiovese is a grape which ripens a bit later than most so we’re playing catch up. Andi met …
Bottling party!
Hey Vintage crew 2023! We are super excited to getting the finished wine into the bottle this week! On Saturday 25th November (this weekend) we’d like to invite you all along to finish the bottles off by applying a personalised label and topping the bottles off with a wax seal. You’ll also be taking home your allocation of wine that …
Bottling – Save the Date
Hey Pip & Ra Vintage Crew 2023! We’re planning out the final stages of making the wine which are; We’ll get on to naming and designing the label soon but wanted to let you know what we’re thinking for bottling the wine. We’re shaping up ideas on where this can happen and will let you know once a plan is …
Harvest & Processing
We were in touch with the growers all of last week and finally got the call that the grapes were coming off on Saturday morning (huge thanks to Jess and Brian at Farmer and The Scientist for being so accommodating)! We embarked on a quest, to what felt like the end of the earth, to collect our precious fruit. It …
Aaaaand we’re off!!
Our friends at Farmer and The Scientist are on speed dial, the winemakers are lined up and ready to go, the plans are coming together and here at Pip & Ra we are super excited to get moving on our 2023 vintage!! Here is a quick rundown of what to expect over the coming weeks and months. All future content …
First wine show!
We are incredibly proud to announce that we will be pouring our brand new wines at our first ever wine show this weekend in Fitzroy! Its a terrifying experience as we will be there with lots of winemakers who have been at this for a long time. The winemaking industry is such a great one to be a part of …