For those of you who know a little more about wine than how to open the bottle and quaff away, you will know that its heading towards harvest time with serious vooma now.

To keep you in the loop (and educate the rest of us) I sat down with our wine maker, Nikey, to see what he has been doing out in the vineyards in the last few weeks. In typical format, he gave me a short, concise list which I will do my best to expand on.