Winter 2010
Dear Friends,
As we write this year’s newsletter we have just completed our 21st consecutive vintage.
For many years we have used a mobile bottling machine to package all of our wines. The plant was housed in the barrel shed and everytime it arrived we had to shift all of...
Summer 2009
Dear Friends,
2009 has certainly been an interesting year in the world of wine. We have become accustomed to opening our morning paper to see articles such as the following in the Adelaide Advertiser - October 2009:
“Millions of your dollars and mine have been spent over...
Winter 2009
Dear Friends,
This year the newsletter is coming from the pen of “Mrs. Turkey”! After writing 18 newsletters Peter is suffering writers block, so I am going to attempt to continue the tradition of keeping you up to date with the “Evolution” of Turkey Flat.
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Summer 2008
Dear Friends,
Since you received our winter newsletter in July we have not been idle here at Turkey Flat.
All the pruning was completed in September just in time for budburst in early October. The inter-row cover crops have been mown and we are currently removing any unwanted vine shoots...
Winter 2008
Dear Friends,
We have just completed the 2008 vintage and come through a record-breaking heat wave. Thankfully most of our grapes were safely in the winery before the 16 days over 38 degrees was upon us. Fortunately we grow mainly hardy Rhone varieties that are well suited to this kind of heat...
Summer 2007
Dear Friends,
The writing of this summer newsletter coincides with the 20th anniversary of the 1987 purchase of the Turkey flat vineyard from my family.In the mid to late 80s my father was talking about the possibility of retiring, sharecropping or even selling the family property.
This...
Winter 2007
Dear Friends,
The past 12 months have seen some significant changes at Turkey Flat. Our long serving and much loved General Manger, Jaysen Collins, left in March to start his own business. Jaysen began working with us as an office manager in 1999 and has been an integral part of our company...
Summer 2006
Dear Friends,
Welcome to our second Christmas newsletter. This is a recent article by the well known wine journalist, Max Allen The Weekend Australian Magazine August 2006 “I was asked to contribute to a UK wine magazine poll the other day and nominate my ‘favourite Aussie wine...
Winter 2006
Dear Friends,
As the 2006 vintage draws to a close Christie and I have just attended the London International Wine and Spirit fair before returning home via Hong Kong for a number of meetings and tastings.
Our new winemaker, Jules Campbell has done a marvellous job with the 2006 Read more...
Summer 2005
Dear Friends,
Welcome to our very first Christmas newsletter.
How time flies, barely had time to put the 2005 reds to barrel and its almost time for another vintage. So far the vines are looking fantastic, and we have had great soaking rain during the winter. The warm and wet Spring has...
Winter 2005
Dear Friends,
The first few months of 2005 have seen some major personnel changes at Turkey Flat. On the 26th February our winemaker, Pete Schell left to pursue other interests. We were fortunate to have Michael Kluczko come in at short notice and help out for the 2005 harvest. Michael...
Winter 2004
Dear Friends,
Just before I left for a sales trip to North America, I assured our winery staff that because January had been so cool there would be no way that vintage would start during the month of February. While we (my eldest son William accompanied me on this latest trip) were freezing...
Winter News 2011
Dear Friends, We have been reflecting back over the past 24 years since we first signed the contract to purchase Turkey Flat, started our Viticultural Management company, and the technology changes that have occurred in this time. In 1987 we purchased our first fax machine and mobile car phone. This was considered cutting edge technology at the time. Our first newsletter in 1992 was typed on a typewriter, cut and pasted manually, printed by a commercial printing company and delivered to you by Australia Post. We now produce the newsletter electronically, print in house and distribute many of...