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Hopes and dreams, 1983
![Star Cellar Door](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1494653524503-EQ77JUZB54NB1U3FUAWI/2016%2BCellar%2BDoor%2BAwards%2BCertificates%2BNSW26.jpg)
We certainly have a big telescope at hand.
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![Blend Block Snowfall Early Days](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1491599954959-JP4YXGWPYVMVA0X7H8EC/B+01.jpg)
The top of the Blend Block with Stephen wondering off into the distance.
![Cabernet Franc Hard Grown](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1494652253253-06B137ZQSBU11XJGVQH4/Cabernet+Franc+2.jpg)
So, how many bunches does it take to make a bottle of wine?
![Bloodwood: Orange](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1494646725536-2TC0FBTZF1XG3H54JJHC/Bloodwood%2C%2BOrange%2B2.jpg)
What else is there to say?
There are around 5,000 of them left in the wild, and some of them visit Bloodwood's wattles regularly each November.
![Riesling Vineyard Under Snow](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1494662491800-VR4G7CJABDZ74SS65EG2/RieslingVineyardUnderSnow.jpg)
Riesling likes cool, well drained gravels. We have them in spades at Bloodwood.
So, it's another sunset picture; but what a sunset. A real Galah sky.
![The Noses Have It](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1479288832017-9SLGRK0CO49VZJQ0R2S7/nosing.jpg)
Could be a keeper.
![Blend Block First Plantings](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1491547350404-VRC2B84C51RIXWQTV8KM/B+57.jpg)
Planting Malbec in 1983
Looking East toward Orange.
![This Is Luxury](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1491598809722-04ZAESGYEUYPV17H7HQP/B+42.jpg)
Our first weatherish-proof home. Now part of the winery.
Bitterly beautiful.
![Front Gate](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1494642500637-HZ8BA8YT897X8YRLFLZA/Front+Gate.jpg)
The smaller the sign the better the wine..not always.
![The Cellar Door](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1494565870059-ZOVRQFS88ULDAKRVVI4N/Tasting+Room.jpg)
Our beautiful Cellar Door lovingly designed and painted over a decade by Wayne Harris.
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or Murrumbidgee Bluebell flowering along the creek. An abstract experience.
![Orchard Planting](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1491546855892-W0TALUNJMA3GAMIL1RMD/B+44.jpg)
We planted orchard trees to entice the birds away from our grapes. Results are inconclusive.
![Daisy And Horus](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1491547449084-P5VJAPMS19WBMCTL9CJM/B+73.jpg)
This is what happens when your neighbours Hereford bull jumps your fence. Poor old Daisy.
You can have today off Stephen.
And annual, gentle delight.
![Posts For The Chardonnay Vineyard](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1491547267343-4NSMVZ0J7F3TYO5LIIZQ/B+50.jpg)
We use untreated iron bark posts when wood is called for.
![Clarrie Lending A Hand](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1491546827530-UMW6K2FYE1VW2PE1JFOV/B+43.jpg)
If you visit Bloodwood you get a job.
![Ripping Cabernet Franc Rows](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1491547285792-7WCRPSNMPJCRR8AOXQPN/B+51.jpg)
Beats using a shovel.
Rhonda and Marty doing their dough.
![Chardonnay Earthworks](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1491546919391-6P8ASD8J2R14Y4A6ZYX9/B+46.jpg)
Ripping is the easy part. Planting can be back breaking.
![Hereford Calf Welcoming His World](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1491547430280-G934V056ZBNBCLHM0SD2/B+64.jpg)
We have always raised a small herd of calves. Initially they were Hereford. Nowadays we run Black Angus.
Some winter mornings it is better to stay in bed.
![It Takes More Than A Shovel](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1491547319610-TT86DU0YF9QTN01UZUM3/B+59.jpg)
To give a vine a home
![Trenching For Cuttings](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1491547346619-YLW8QDSNMDWH41ZJXXQQ/B+62.jpg)
We grew out cuttings for rootlings in our early plantings.
Well, it is a statement that we are here to stay.
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I quite like grey
![Cold Stabilization, Bloodwood Style](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1494661562181-5ZOYSUYJOX6EZD0F1L98/ColdStabilisation.jpg)
Preparing wines for bottling often requires cold stabilization. Orange in winter helps.
![Looking at Orange...](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1494661943914-W01N6ZMQ9EB4YQEFX62S/B%2B07.jpg)
The vineyard transforms under snow.
![The Entire Team](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58264be65016e1a4d85575b5/1479009045375-8520QWX8FL4QWAW73BVU/Rhonda+and+Stephen.jpg)
As Randy Newman says, "everybody goes bad eventually".
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“To fully understand the styles of wine we make at Bloodwood, you need to think of the symbiosis between wine and food. We believe good wine is really food, and that it should be explored and enjoyed in the context of a balanced meal in the company of people you honour. And as with balanced, wholesome food, good wine treated with the respect and restraint it deserves, can add enormously to your enjoyment of the best things in life. ”
Covid-19 protocols for cellar door visits
Covid-19 is still a challenge at the cellar door. As we conduct tastings in our living room, we will ask you if your vaccinations are up to date. We encourage you to phone us on (02) 6362 5631 to book your wine tasting with Steve and Rhonda. It’s lonely out here at the winery - give us a call, we’d love a chat.
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