Brent Laidlaw, Co-Director of Gisborne Garagiste Wine Company putting the vines in at his Vineyard.

Planting vines - supplied by Riversun here in Gisborne

All vines planted

Job done. Crack open the good stuff Denis !!

Brent Laidlaw, Co-Director of Gisborne Garagiste Wine Company putting the posts in at his Vineyard.

All posts in ground

Digging holes for planting vines

Further Development of Brent Laidlaw's Vineyard, hopefully supplying grapes to the Gisborne Garagiste Wine Company by 2017

- block after working up the soil to even out the mounds 

- improvised harrow to level out ground

 - spreading some lime and dolomite - just before rain arrived.

Brent Laidlaw, one of the Directors' of Gisborne Garagiste Wine Company is developing his own Vineyard to supply grapes to the Garagiste Brand

Garagiste Brent Laidlaw is currently developing part of his property into a vineyard to supply the Garagiste label. Only a small block but part of the future for the Garagistes.
The original Lavender block 

The Lavender block with plants removed. Plants out of the block have been transplanted around the outside as  a source of flowers for beneficial insects.