(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
(Image: Tim Shand – Chief Winemaker / Voyager Estate www.voyagerestate.com.au) About EST. 1978 Organically Farmed 100% Estate Grown & Made Wines of Place Our Patch of Margaret River Nestled by the Indian Ocean in cool Stevens Valley, Margaret River, lies an ancient patch of gravel loam earth that we call Voyager Estate, where ocean … Read More
(Image: Ron Laughton and daughter Emily McNally – Jasper Hill / www.jasperhill.com.au) About People: Jasper Hill is a small family business, founded by Ron and Elva Laughton in 1978. They moved to Heathcote in 1980 with their two young daughters Emily and Georgia to build a new life in the country. Ron with a background in Chemistry and Food … Read More
(Image: Nicolas Peterkin – L.A.S Vino / www.facebook.com/LASVINO/) Liquid Library welcomes to the folio; L.A.S Vino by Nicolas Peterkin 2024 Winemaker of the Year. Ray Jordan .W.A. Wine Review 2023 Halliday Wine Companion – Dark Horse Winery of the year Australian Financial Review ‘Drinks that break rules, defy expectations, revive lost ideas. Blending grapes that have never before … Read More
(Image: Amber – Ochota Barrels / Henry Trumble @henrytrumble) About “The ochota barrels tale began on a surf trip, late 2000 along the Mexican west coast in a Volkswagen campervan. A final destination after traveling some of the world’s best wine and surf regions, Taras and Amber Ochota conceived the idea to make super premium wines back … Read More
