Other jobs completed have been replacing posts broken by the harvester and a thorough check and replacement of the broken clips on posts which hold the VSP training wires.
Machinery is checked during the winter and any maintenance completed.
"We modify bits of machinery and generally have a tidy-up," Mr Wheeler said.
Before bud burst the weeds under and around the vines are sprayed.
Canopy spraying was next, using a dormant oil spray to deal with overwintering mealybug bugs on the trunks and vines.
The next spray is for powdery mildew and wet weather fungi.
Next was debudding which Mr Wheeler says involves removing all water shoots which come up from the bottom of the vine.
"We remove all of them. We don't want them growing in the canopy and we don't want any herbicide spray going onto those leaves which could be taken into the vine.
"After that we did another spray for weeds. There were plenty of them as we had a relatively moist spring."
Shoot tucking was next. This involved lifting the wires from the clips and pushing the shoots up so as to train them to grow vertically.
This was a labour-intensive job, Mr Wheeler said.
"We continue to spray for powdery mildew every 7 to 10 days but will button off when the fruit begins to ripen."
Because the wine produced from this block is a high-end red the winery tried to keep the canopy open and the crop load on the light side which means a fair amount of shoot thinning has to be done.
"We don't want too many shoots on the vine. Fewer shoots means less crowding, more light entering the canopy and less fruit per vine."
Irrigation started about four weeks ago.
"We are on gravel and sand here so we have to make sure it doesn't dry out. We have had a reasonably dry November."
Mr Wheeler uses soil moisture sensors to monitor the soil but his years of experience have taught him that this soil is unforgiving if it dries out.
He says it was a good year for frosts. "The machines went on twice for very short periods as it was for a ground frost not an air frost."
The vines are at a critical stage at the moment as they are flowering. The weather can determine how well the flowers set to become fruit.
"It's looking good though. The warm, windy weather is ideal for flowering in grapes. The whites have set well. The syrah is also looking good so far but there is still a long way to go yet."
We will catch up with our vine and Mr Wheeler in a couple of months.