{"id":130,"date":"2011-04-07T08:41:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T07:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/?p=130"},"modified":"2011-04-07T08:41:04","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T07:41:04","slug":"crushing-our-2011-sauvignon-blanc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/?p=130","title":{"rendered":"Crushing our 2011 Sauvignon Blanc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sb-in-bins.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-131\" title=\"sb in bins\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sb-in-bins-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sb-in-bins-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sb-in-bins-416x555.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sb-in-bins.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Our Sauvignon Blanc grapes continue to be harvested even though we are  having a few spots of rain and the temperature is rather chilly, they  tell me there is a sprinkling of snow on the tops of the Tararua  mountains. Not a wonder it is a little chilly! It is uplifting when the  sun manages to break through the clouds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/crushed-svbl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-132\" title=\"crushed svbl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/crushed-svbl-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/crushed-svbl-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/crushed-svbl-416x312.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/crushed-svbl.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the winery the Sauvignon grapes are destemmed as they arrive in and  then softly crushed. All this juice, seeds &amp; skins get a soft press so  we can get lots of lovely juice. The mouth starts to water just to think  of all that lovely Sauvignon Blanc wine which will eventually be made  with our wine makers tender loving care.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/stapler.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-133\" title=\"stapler\" src=\"http:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/stapler-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/stapler-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/stapler-416x312.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.johner-estate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/stapler.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Two young French men, Antoine &amp; Laurent are picking for us for the first  time in New Zealand. They have a lot of expertise as they have been  working in their parents vineyards since they were 7 or 8 years of age.  Their vineyards are\u00a0 15 ks\u00a0 north of Colmar, Alsace and only 1 k away  from the very beautiful medieval city of Riquewihr which is surrounded  by a very vineyard. They have come to NZ to see the country, improve  their English and see the techniques used here at our vineyard. They  plan to return home to continue to work on the family vineyard with the  hope that they will take over and make wonderful wine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Sauvignon Blanc grapes continue to be harvested even though we are having a few spots of rain and the temperature is rather chilly, they tell me there is a sprinkling of snow on the tops of the Tararua mountains. Not a wonder it is a little chilly! 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