(Image: Stephen Pannell – Protero / Instagram @scpannell) About ‘Be Brave Wines produced from a place that has weathered the extremes of nature amongst the Adelaide Hills. Home to a unique style of Nebbiolo, the Protero vineyard tells the story of survival with Stephen and Fiona purchasing the property in late December 2019, and within days, battling … Read More
(Image: Nick Farr – By Farr / Kristoffer Paulsen – www.smh.com.au) Halliday Wine Companion Top 100 #5 rated winery for 2023 – By Farr ‘Every year, in any list, Geelong’s By Farr winery is one of the first picked. This is a single-minded producer if ever there was one; this is a producer interested in quality and nothing else.’ … Read More
(Image: Anna Pooley – Pooley Wines / www.pooleywines.com.au) Winner 2023 Halliday Wine Companion Winery of the Year “Tucked into a bend of the meandering Coal River, there is a deep spirit about the quaint Cooinda Vale vineyard, still the source of Pooley’s finest wines. To winemaker Anna Pooley, sense of place is everything, “for this is where the heart … Read More
(Image: Damon Koerner – Koerner Wine / Koerner Wine @ Facebook) About ‘I am Damon Koerner and I grow grapes and make wine from the Clare Valley and Adelaide Hills. I focus on fruit quality and transparent winemaking and am passionate about producing great wine that reflects the place it is grown. Koerner wines are textural, … Read More
(Image: Marli Russell Vineyard – Marli Russell Instagram / https://www.instagram.com/marlirussellwines/) About In 2008, in response to changing environmental conditions and our desire to evaluate new varieties, we began to establish additional vineyard areas at Mount Mary. We chose seven varieties that have been traditionally grown in the Rhone Valley of France with the vision to continue to … Read More
(Image: Claire, Sam and Gilbert – Mount Mary / www.mountmary.com.au) 2022 Vintage Report The 2022 crop was drastically reduced by very poor weather in November 2021, affecting the extremely critical flowering/ fruit set period of the growing season. Pinot and Chardonnay were hit the hardest, where we saw some of the lowest crops per acre we … Read More
(Image: Husk Distillers / www.huskdistillers.com) The Home of Australian Cultivated Rum Husk Rum is about provenance and a sense of place, connecting us to this land and its elements – the salt sea air, fertile volcanic soil and pristine waters. From the Gondwana rainforests and mountains of the caldera, to the surf, sand and rocky … Read More
(Image: Gareth Belton – Gentle Folk Wines / www.gentlefolk.com.au) 2023 Single Vineyard Release ‘It was a small yielding year but high quality, with the cool and long season, as well as extra time in barrel, creating wines with excellent balance and purity.’ – Gareth Belton (Image: Map of Gentle Folk Vineyard / www.gentlefolk.com.au) 2023 Piccadilly … Read More
(Image: Rieslingfreak / www.facebook.com/rieslingfreak) 2024 Vintage Notes The lead up to the 2024 vintage was atypical for Clare and Eden Valleys with unusually warm and dry conditions through the Winter and Spring of 2023. However, three consecutive preceding years of record-breaking rainfall ensured soils, dams and aquifers were well supplied with abundant moisture. While … Read More
(Image: Dave Fletcher – Fletcher Wines / by Jason Lowe – www.jasonlowe.eu) About For the Wines “I consider myself lucky to be making wines in the Langhe and even luckier that I have no legacy to follow. It’s led to a freedom to play and deconstruct tradition, all in an attempt to start afresh without any boundaries. I’m … Read More
