We did it! After two years in the making, many postponements and the fear of running out of grapes to pick this year because our harvest was so early, we managed to pull off the very first D+K Pick Party. And what a doozy it...
"I’ve spent the last couple of days tooling around our vineyards with Hayden {new winemaker, Hayden Penny, to be introduced properly in a following post} introducing him to all the blocks. After a couple of mammoth downpours in November and early December, the story has been...
It's been a while since we've jumped on here, so today I thought I would outline RM's thoughts on organics as it is rather important to us: "We started our organic journey in 2013 and, as of this year, we're farming 100% organically with around 50%...
Just in case you missed our email today...
When you cut it down, it does sound a little tragic, doesn't it: We're paying you to find us new friends...
Thanks to all you lovely Drinkers+Keepers who put your hands up for the two free tickets to September's Hawke's Bay Wine Auction. Peter+Karen will be heading along after their name was drawn at random from all the RSVPs. However, there are still tickets on sale...
Hello. It's been a bit of a while since we posted on here. The crazy has calmed a little so I thought I'd jump on to let you know the couriers have picked up the last of the shipments today. Apparently some of the D+K...
Hey D+Kers, we trust you are all safe and well in this crazy time. We have a super little pre-release offer coming out to ya'll tomorrow which includes a wine that won't be released to the wide world until September/October, but in the meantime, here's...
"I can’t remember a better start to harvest with heat and fine weather from before Christmas. In some lighter soils, it has put pressure on to irrigate. We dry farm most of our best blocks and are seeing some amazing results. Chardonnay is all but in,...
If you managed to get your tickets to the upcoming D+K Pick Party (where you work for us and we feed and water you!) then bravo as we are now fully booked. Wowzer, that was 24 hours quick! Thanks everyone. We will be starting a...