Special illustrations for our Wassail issue

One of PEC's oldest establishments celebrates an ancient tradition

• 
  Chris Fanning

The County wineries shifted Wassail from the apple trees in winter to the grapevines in late fall, the time for local vintners to celebrate the harvest come in, all the hard work done, the vines wrapped, ready for winter. Time to invite the neighbourhood in to drink and to sing, to wassail the vines. As Richard Johnston, of By Chadsey’s Cairns, wrote in these pages last year, “We needed the visitors to come in the darkest, most depressing time of the year, November, and maybe December for good measure.”

• 
  Karen Valihora

Award winning vineyard embraces the warmth of the season

• 
  Chris Fanning