Budburst, 5mm of Rain & One Very Scary Monday
One month on from budburst, and fresh spring growth is bringing the Jester Hill vineyard back to life. Up close, the promise of a new vintage — fresh growth and tiny developing flower clusters beginning to emerge. Spring has well and truly arrived at Jester Hill, and another Granite Belt vintage has begun. But this growing season has already reminded us that life in a vineyard rarely follows the script. There’s something pretty special about budburst. After months of bare vines through winter, those first tiny green shoots appear and suddenly the vineyard seems to wake up almost overnight. We’re now about a month on from budburst here at Jester Hill, and the
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