Lynx Wines

About Winery and Wines

At Lynx we use Vertical Shoot Positioning (VSP) in all our vineyards. This means that the shoots are trained to grow vertically upwards, creating a tall, narrow canopy which ensures that all leaves are exposed to the sun either in the morning or the afternoon. This is crucial for successful ripening of the grapes. We ‘green harvest’ at veraison (the ripening phase). At this stage it is easy to see which bunches, or parts of a bunch, will ripen later, and these are cut out and discarded. This is done to get uniform ripeness at time of harvest. Soil moisture is carefully controlled. Moisture readings down to 1m deep are taken daily at fourteen stations throughout the vineyards. This information is downloaded onto a computer and irrigation schedules are adjusted accordingly. There are times of the year when we induce stress by starving the vine of water to ensure small, highly concentrated berries. At other times the vine must be ‘happy’ for the grapes to accumulate sugars and acids.