# In The Vineyard
July 2019 **By Adrian Pike** · 2019-07-15 ![Our new planting back in May.](https://cdn2.shopify.com/s/files/1/2193/2489/files/vineyard-01-min_grande.jpg?249) Our new planting back in May. Photograph by [@westwellwines](https://www.instagram.com/westwellwines/). Our new plantings have embraced June’s wet weather and now that the mature vines are flowering, the heady forecast of sunshine for the foreseeable future is ideal at what is a critical time of year in the vineyard diary. ![Tentative but definitive growth.](https://cdn2.shopify.com/s/files/1/2193/2489/files/vineyard-04-min_grande.jpg?249) Tentative but definitive growth. Photograph by [@westwellwines](https://www.instagram.com/westwellwines/). ![Ortega ripening in the June sunshine](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2193/2489/files/vines-flowering-min_grande.jpg?237) Ortega ripening in the June sunshine, photograph by [@westwellwines](https://www.instagram.com/westwellwines/). ![New shoots grow very fast and require regular 'tucking in'](//cdn2.shopify.com/s/files/1/2193/2489/files/new-shoots-min_grande.jpg?v=1562939295) New shoots grow very fast and require regular 'tucking in'. Photograph by [Ady Kerry](https://adykerry.photoshelter.com/). --- > Source: [Westwell Wine Estates](https://www.westwellwines.com/blogs/journal/in-the-vineyard-july-2019)