HARRIS ORGANIC WINES

Category: Organic Vineyard

  • The Role of Roses in Vineyards: Why are Roses Planted in Vineyards

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    Introduction: This is what can be found on the internet about roses in vineyards. Do not believe any of it. See part II for the truth. In fact, the opposite is true.Roses and vineyards have a long-standing companionship, especially in organic farming practices. While it may seem like a romantic tradition, there are practical reasons…

  • Vintage Report 2024 | Harris Organic Wine and Spirits

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    A Snapshot of Challenges and Opportunities at Perth’s Organic Winery. The 2024 vintage season in Baskerville, WA, has left its mark on the region’s winemakers, presenting challenges and opportunities in equal measure. As we delve into the intricacies of this year’s harvest, one thing becomes abundantly clear: adaptability and foresight were key to navigating the…

  • Under-vine weed management in Organic Vineyards

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    Modern vignerons manage organic vineyard weed control and under-vine weed management in several ways.  Mostly chemical means, using glyphosate, an organic salt, other chemical herbicide means, usually by spraying a fine mist onto all the plants under vine and by mechanical means, using ploughs that cut the soil or rotary action. Top pages Now that…

  • Volunteering at an Organic Vineyard

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    Volunteering at an Organic Vineyard in Perth and the Swan Valley’s only organic vineyard. The winery has willing volunteers during the year to help maintain the vineyard and home. Volunteering at an Organic Vineyard Workaway and Helpx volunteers are welcome at our certified organic vineyard and winery in Perth’s Swan Valley. We have a room for…

  • Removing Caltrop Seeds from your vineyard

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    Caltrop (Tribulus terrestrilus) can also be called bindi eye, GG’s, Cats head. Removing Caltrop seeds and seedlings, an obligate summer grower in the Swan Valley Wine Region of Perth, Western Australia. It generally appears after summer rains as a pioneering species that loves bare soil. In some years it is really bad, in others it…

  • Growing Pedro Ximenez in the Swan Valley

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    What is Pedro Ximenez? Pedro Ximenez is the name of a white Spanish grape variety. Sometimes it is called Pedro Ximenes or PX. It has been grown in Spain for centuries. The first plants that came to Western Australia were taken by British settlers as cuttings from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa…

  • WWOOFing Perth in Swan Valley

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    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…