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Pre-vintage celebration – music and tapas at Rocky Passes

Saturday, February 9th, 2013

Introducing Melbourne group … True Lies Saturday March 2nd Serving tapas from 5:30pm Music starts from 6:30pm $40 (food and music) True Lies have been playing together for many years – blues, jazz, rock and roll, country and roots – songs from some of the greats: Lucinda Williams, Joni Mitchell, Steve Earl, Otis Redding, Bruce [...]

Rocky Passes is carbon neutral

Sunday, January 13th, 2013

Harvest at Rocky Passes 2012

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

Harvested just in time … Wednesday instead of Saturday! The day was perfect and everything went smoothly with 8 pickers and 11 friends turning up at very short notice as we changed the day. We crushed the last grapes at 3pm and were cleaned up by 7ish … and as we set off for Seymour [...]

Vintage 2012

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

                    The crop has survived over 200 mm of rain, humidity and wattle birds. Vitto has been on bird watch dawn to dusk every day for the last three weeks and his beard has turned white!  Obliging eagles turn up from time to time and move [...]