Winter rain exceeded the July average and turned into the wettest July in decades (26 years). A good start to the new season but that’s only the first chapter in the story.

Each year brings new challenges and weather patterns, I can't recall any vintage in my time involved that has been exactly the same. From machine breakdowns to lockdowns and everything in between, rest assured there is wine at the end of the funnel.

Let me first start of by saying this was not a perfect season, from the weather spikes, vintage dramas and everything in between. Still somehow we made it to the end unscathed.

Peter and Adam Garbins visit to Margaret River for Wine Australia's review of wine grape variety clones in WA was a day filled with great validation and potential for Garbin Estate Wines.

It has to have been the most different vintage that Garbin Estate has experienced since taking on the premium wine making role after my father's retirement.

Vintage is well and truly over, it was short and sweet. Drier seasons led to an early vintage. We were making ready equipment and purchasing products straight after new year.