Author: SwanValley
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Wwoofing – 2017
Volunteering at Harris Organic Wines 2017 Photo Album of WWOOFs and Helpx What a Wwoofing year and has it gone fast. Thank you to all you guys for helping me make Harris Organic wines the success it is. You are all welcome to return and stay at any time. Here is the link to the…
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Trousseau Wine comes to the Swan Valley.
This is a story about the grape variety Trousseau. In 1998 in the Swan Valley Western Australia, my organic vineyard was not established. I wanted to purchase grapes from good Swan Valley growers. I was introduced to the late Bill Vinicombe. His family owned the old Socol property on the eastern side of the railway…
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Bastardo Wine – Swan Valley
Bastardo comes to the Valley of the Black Swan What is Bastardo and Trousseau Wine and why is it in the Swan Valley? Bastardo and Trousseau are two grape varieties that are grown in the Swan Valley wine region in Western Australia. Bastardo, also known as Trousseau Noir, is a red grape variety that is originally…
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Swan Valley Distillery – Perth Distillery
Duncan Harris started his Swan Valley distillery in Perth in 2008 when he had an excess of grapes to make organic brandy. In the hot climate of the Swan Valley where the world’s best organic fortified wines are made, a brandy distillery is necessary to produce organic fortified wines. Harris Organic Distillery – The Stills Harris…
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Organic Wine in the West
Organic Wine in the West At Harris Organic Wine, we take pride in our unique niche as the only certified organic distiller in Australia, producing high-quality brandy and vodka for both national and Asian markets. Our commitment to organic practices ensures that customers receive pure and authentic products, free from harmful chemicals and pesticides. With…
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Organic Natural Wine – What does it mean?
By Duncan Harris ” WINE, ALL OF ITSELF – Organic Natural Wine. He is an Australian natural wine specialist and is quietly surprised how natural wine has become such a hot topic of conversation among many a wine aficionado’s. Natural Wine Definition What is Natural Wine? The definition of natural wine seems as plastic as…
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How to build an outdoor brick pizza oven – step by step
Build an outdoor pizza oven Building a pizza oven from used solid bricks can be a very rewarding project. This Australian homemade outdoor brick pizza oven building project was started in May 2010. It’s a DIY, do it yourself, style of DIY brick pizza oven or building a brick pizza oven. A lot of work…
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Harris Organic Wine Blog
Duncan Harris has written an organic wine blog post about his organic wines, events and titbits for your information and education. This is a blog site to the main site of Harris Organic Wine & Spirits and Organic Vodka websites because this is a WordPress site and the other is HTML. Enjoy reading our organic…
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WWOOFing Perth in Swan Valley
Volunteers, Helpx, Workaway and Wwoofing at Harris Organic Wines is a wonderful experience. “We are all visitors to this time and space. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn to grow to love…. and then we return home.” An Australian Aboriginal belief. Volunteering at Harris Organic Wines through…