More Sun Please:
August 2024: As we go into August all we can hope for is as much sun as possible in order to get the crop to ripen. August so far has...
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Two Beacons Blog
Keep up with what we are doing in the vineyard throughout the year and get updates on what is happening with our wine!
2beaconswine
- Jul 29
- 1 min
WineGB Awards:
Two Beacons Vineyard wins Best Newcomer at the WineGB Awards. We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded Best Newcomer for...
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2beaconswine
- Jul 4
- 2 min
Grow Grow Grow!
May 27th 2024 With late may showing the start to the growing year proper we started to thin the heads out in order to reduce the overall...
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2beaconswine
- May 2
- 2 min
Tying Down and Bud Burst 2024:
08/04/24 - Bud Burst Bud burst occurred 10 days earlier than last year, this was due to the increase in temperature earlier in the year....
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2beaconswine
- Mar 22
- 1 min
Pruning 2024:
A cold morning pre-pruning. The vineyard uses the Scott Henry trellis system which is a four cane, cane pruned system, this means we...
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2beaconswine
- Jan 31
- 1 min
A sunset in the second vineyard plot...
You can nearly see the vines. Planting will occur by April this year and will feature roughly triple the number of vines that are in the...
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2beaconswine
- Jan 2
- 1 min
Harvest of 2023
The 2023 harvest was our largest harvest so far at 23 tonnes. A monumentally large harvest. We were pleased with what we got especially...
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2beaconswine
- Sep 26, 2023
- 1 min
Getting ready for harvest:
The Pinot Noir Precoce are looking lovely and tasting even nicer, we are just waiting to get the sugars right in order to pick them and...
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2beaconswine
- Aug 30, 2023
- 1 min
Been Awhile... Where's the sun?
Hello, well since the growing season started we have been very busy! Looking at the grapes so far it is safe to say that (if they all...
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2beaconswine
- Jun 11, 2023
- 1 min
The growing season is underway.
From these small first leaves on the 10th of May, we have started the canopy management for the year. This photo shows the vines on the...
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2beaconswine
- Mar 17, 2023
- 1 min
Removing prunings from the wires in the snow.
Made a nice change from rain which fell earlier in the morning.
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2beaconswine
- Mar 13, 2023
- 1 min
Pruning February 2023:
With the use of mechanical pruning shears the vineyard is pruned, this process takes about 2 weeks.
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