Posts by Laura
Sadly we can’t host your dog any more at Upper Reach
We do love dogs at Upper Reach, but we’ve had a few crazy days with so many dogs it has felt a bit like a doggy daycare. So very sadly…
Read MoreVintage 2023 Swan Valley in Western Australia
Well what a vintage 2023 was! We must have done something right to have had such amazing conditions. After a ridiculously wet winter, the Swan River broke its banks again and…
Read MoreFining wine, why do wine bottles say they contain traces of egg or milk?
Today I’m doing fining trials on a white wine. Fining is when look at each wine and decide if we need to soften it, by removing any excess tannin or…
Read MoreAlternative wine varieties in the Swan Valley
We’re asked about ‘alternative grape varieites’ at our Cellar Door and I read heaps of wine articles about them…perhaps because journos are always looking for ‘something new’ to fill their…
Read MoreDoes flooding damage a vineyard?
We’re called Upper Reach, because we’re situated on the Upper Reach’s of the Swan River, and gosh don’t we know it today? Behind me this is all usually vineyard…not a…
Read MoreHow Can Wine Taste Like Other Fruits?
Have you ever been to a winery, looked at the tasting notes and wondered if you’d stepped into your local fruit & veggie shop by mistake? Where do flavours of…
Read MoreBreakfast in the Swan Valley
The what, the where & the feed me more! The weather is starting to turn from those dazzling summer days into the vibrant hues of chilly Autumn and bringing with…
Read MoreWhat Wine Matches With Chocolate?
It’s always the perfect time to look at a couple of guilty (or not so guilty) pleasures. Wine and chocolate. We know about wine and food pairings … it’s generally…
Read MoreTop 10 things to do in the Swan Valley for 2026
These are our favourite places, that we take friends to give them a taste of what the Swan Valley has to offer. Check off those big ticket items like koalas…
Read MoreFlooding in the vines. Will they live?
Winter 2021 was the wettest in Perth that most of us can remember, one of the wettest since records began☔. The Swan River has risen up, broken its banks and…
Read MoreWhy Do We Call Our Wines The Gig?
Why call a wine The Gig? In 1996, 25 years ago when we bought Upper Reach we were amazed to find that Captain Stirling camped opposite, on his first exploration…
Read MoreWhy Buy Local, Really?
I often hear ‘buy local’ or ‘support local business’ as well as support small business….but why (apart from feeling good about myself)? Several years ago Dick Smith was forced to close…
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