Rob Dolan Blog

Vintage 2015 - It's a Wrap

When people ask, “hey how would you rate the 2015 vintage”, instinctively I revert back to the stock line – “best vintage in living memory”. As winemakers, it’s what we’re taught to say at uni.In r...

Vintage is Coming

House Dolan | Sigil White tank bursting at seams on a crimson field | Words Make it fitIf you are a Game of Thrones fan you will understand the previous statements. For the rest of you it represent...

The Next Crop

pictured L-R: Ben Dahlenburg (Eldorado Road), Adrian Santolin (Santolin Wines/Boy Meets Girl) and Shaun Crinion (Dappled Wines)A recent survey of Yarra Valley winemakers has found one in five has a...

So what do you do outside of vintage?

When winemakers resurface from the hard toils of the vintage period, friends inevitably pose the same question: “what the hell do you guys do for the rest of the year?”Firstly, we don’t just sit ar...