


Middleton Country Fair is back after a gap year due to the 2019 bush fires. It will be on Saturday 1st February 2020.
It includes a Scarecrow competition,voted by the people on Fair day. The drive down the Channel from Kettering to Verona Sands is FUN with all the scarecrows along the way! The Scarecrows are up between 26 Jan - 26 February and they are magnificent.
This year our littlest people decided Pinot Peppa Pig was our next creation and what a beauty she turned out to be. Pinot Peppa is very happy in her new home, who wouldn't be swinging all day! Check her out hanging around on the Channel Highway opposite Sunny Banks Road Middleton!!
Vote 1- Pinot Peppa!!!
So we picked ourselves up after the disappointment of loosing our bumper 2019 crop to smoke taint.
We oiled up the shears and got to pruning over a number of weeks, ready for the growing season ahead.
Look out 2020, here we come again!
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2018 Resolution Vineyard Pinot Noir
Posted on April 6, 2019
Boy and girl go to a vineyard in 2011.
Boy and girl love the pinot noir and the views from the vineyard.
Boy and girl decide to get married at said vineyard in 2012.
Boy and girl help out at said vineyard.
Same boy and girl purchase said vineyard in 2017.
The story is not necessarily that simple but, if we are talking “long
story short”, this is taking that theory to the enth degree. The ‘said’
vineyard is of course, Resolution Vineyard, situated about 70
kilometres south of Hobart producing only Pinot Noir. It’s an
idyllic location. I have been a fan of the wines before the boy,
Daniel, and the girl, Caroline (Lamont), purchased the vineyard.
With the very talented Alain Rousseau (of Frogmore Creek)
making the wine, it has been a consistent, top quality, pinot noir
for as long as I can remember (I think my first try of the wines was
the 2010 vintage).
Terrific varietal aromas of dark cherries and savoury characteristics.
That may be brief and sound a little simple but buy a bottle, pour a
glass and dive your nose in. You’ll see what I mean.
Taste it and you are greeted with richness, juiciness and plenty of
flavour. Those dark cherries appear here too, black currants stride
alongside, some mid palate plumminess and svelte tannins lead
into a long lingering finish. This is comes across as a ‘proud as a
peacock’ pinot noir, poncing around showing off its delicate finery
and beauty…and so it should. It deserves the attention.
Region: Middleton, Tasmania
Price: $30
(purchase via email: contact@resolutionvineyard.com.au)
Source: Cellar door purchase…sort of.
This weekend we will be harvesting our 2019 Pinot Noir grapes. But sadly, they won't be produced into another gorgeous wine for you to enjoy, due to smoke taint from the wretched recent bush fires.
We have netted a small section of grapes that will be experimented with.
We always have an small army of family and friends to complete the harvest process for which we are very grateful. We still have to remove the bunches so if you would like to help this Saturday please send us a message. Cheers!
Open Vineyard Weekend 2019 Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd March.
Come via the Channel and be amongst the first to try the 2018 Vintage, enjoy the view and feel free to bring some lunch and enjoy it on the grass. Children always welcome, ours will be there!
Available for purchase (cash or direct deposit):
2018 by the bottle and case.
2017 by the bottle- limited numbers remain
2016 by the bottle- limited numbers remain.
The 2019 Southern and Eastern Tasmanian Vineyards Open Weekend guide is in today's Sunday Tasmanian.
The Middleton Country Fair was cancelled on the weekend, but all of the Scarecrows are up including our very own Pinot Poppins. She along with her scarecrow mates will be up until the end of February, head down the Channel Highway from Kettering and take a look!!
Pinot Poppins is opposite Sunny Banks Road, Middleton.
Pinot Poppins created by the ever so clever Gibbons Dooley clan xxxx
Things have been very busy at Resolution Vineyard, the growing season is well under way and the grapes are starting to come to life. Everyone involved in the running of the vineyard has been busy keeping up with the rapid growth.
Christmas was a fantastic time to catch up with our Sunny Banks Road family and reflect on the year.
The Resolution Vineyard Pinot Noir has once again proven its style with 2017 Vintage taking home a Bronze Medal at the 2019 Tasmanian Wine Show, judged by Huon Hooke, Anthony Rose and Courtney Treacher. A great result made possible by our fabulous family and friends, Thank You xxx
The 2018 Vintage is almost ready for bottling, so stay tuned for release date.
Resolution Vineyard are excited to win a Bronze medal at the Royal Hobart Wine Show held in August. This show was first held in 1974 and receives entries from all over Australia.
We entered the Resolution Vineyard 2017 Pinot Noir which has followed in the footsteps of the 2016 vintage which also won bronze medal at the Tasmanian Wine Show in January 2018.
We were very pleased with the result, coming in as the second best bronze and the best Tasmanian bronze. Showcasing its terroir, a cool climate southern location at Middleton.
Out of 87 entries we were the 9th Tasmanian Pinot Noir and 19th overall.
Thank you to our family and friends who helped with the 2017 vintage, including Peter and Helen who gave this vintage a head start. This wine would not exist without the expertise of wine maker Alain Rousseau and the team at Frogmore Creek, Thank You.
Congratulation to all medal winners and a special mention to Bream Creek for winning Best Tasmanian Red Wine and Best Tasmanian Wine (2017 Bream Creek Pinot Noir).
The prestigious RAST Trophy - Best Pinot Noir is the major award, this year won by Hardy’s 2017 HRB Pinot Noir which also won Best Red Wine in Show and Best Wine in Show.
Full results can be found at http://hobartshowground.com.au/royal-hobart-wine-show/
Waking up to winter mornings like this at Resolution Vineyard is energising for the work day ahead.
So we have had our rest after Harvest;
Waited for the leaves to fall;
Settled back into full time work;
Fixed up more of the fencing to keep the wallaby's out and the children in;
Picked and ordered a wood heater to warm our bones (can't wait to actually get it installed!);
And we are now halfway into pruning for 2018 thanks to our main supporters. The thinning out process has been completed and it's now time to tie down and tidy up.
Even the littlest family member is keeping an eagle eye on the workers and the fairy wrens, which doubles as good practice for learning to walk.