ZIG BLOG

Guest article provided by Flophouse See Zig Zag through the eyes of Flophouse photographer Charlie and read about his experience staying at the Zig Zag Winery accommodation. A couple of weeks ago we gave the keys to photographer, Charlie Kinross to come and stay at...

It’s finally raining. Not just a refreshing mist like the jets inside the new Woolies fitout in Kyneton spraying the lettuces, but actual rain, and for more than five minutes. It’s been very dry here in the Languedoc-Roussillon region and alarmingly spring-like. But...

It’s the time of the year when vignerons (winemakers who grow grapes) proudly harvest their fruit and share gorgeous photos of picking rows of plump fruit and begin the process of making their wine – we call it vintage. It the time of the year we’d hope to be sharing...

I’m in the bathroom, passing Harriet - who’s sitting on the loo - 40ml of marsanne in a recently purchased rioja glass. Kids screaming at each other about an Octonaught toy they’ve decided they both want in equal measures. The life of under-resourced vignerons in a...

I’m trying to run up a hill (or truthfully, plodding; it’s steep) on the outskirts of the pretty South of France village Felines-Minervois, and as I stop and turn to head back down, I let out a gasp of delight. It has been overcast since we arrived here a few days ago...

Dear friends of Zig Zag rd. We have a little bit of news if you haven’t already heard it on the grapevine. This is the full slightly haphazard video I recorded yesterday, but rightly Instagram / Facebook didn’t want my whole gambit so we’ve posted it here on our...

You may have heard on the grapevine, after much deliberation, we’re moving … to France. BUT - before you throw your hands in the air and spit out our wine, muttering GAH! We implore you, please read on. We’re not really leaving per se. While we take on a French...

The story of our cool climate cabernet We almost pulled out over 1000 cabernet vines that were carefully and lovingly planted 50+ years ago, in 1972. I’m so glad we didn’t. We were advised by many: pull them out; graft over them; replant pinot noir or chardonnay. It’s...

Vinery? Winery? Wineyard? One of the things I wanted to create when I thought about the experience in our cellar door is for it to be a space where people felt good. A lot of things were behind that big concept - making people feel good. Partly, it was how we wanted...