We couldn’t have asked for a better lead-up to Vintage 2025. Six months of beautiful, steady rain soaked into the soil, setting up our vines for what should’ve been a stellar start to the season.

It’s hard to believe that six years ago today, we took a gamble and planted Mudgee’s first (and only!) Albariño vines. At the time, we were in the thick of a drought, with bushfires, wet weather and hail storms to follow. But these little vines? Absolute troopers!