(Image: Dan Standish | www.standishwineco.com) 2024 Releases “I have been lucky this vintage season to be joined in the vineyard and cellar by a young winemaker friend from Burgundy, France for an extra pair of helping hands. We have both learned a few new foreign swear words via the typical vintage potty mouth banter. One major … Read More
(Image: Brendon and Kirstyn Keys – BK Wines | www.bkwines.com.au) The BK Wines Story “BK Wines was established in 2007 by Brendon and Kirstyn Keys. The goal has been to create fabulous art. Beautiful, unique, sensuous, deceptively minimalist, envelope-pushing art. After learning from masters in NZ, Argentina and California, we trained our sites on … Read More
(Image: Ben Gould – Blind Corner | www.blindcorner.com.au) About Organics, Biodynamics, making wine with no additives… “Like many people, our journey to wine was through hospitality. Naomi surfed & snow-boarded around the world and I worked in bars & on farms. I remember how fit I was back then… One day my Dad bought a … Read More
(Image: Damon & Maddy Koerner – Koerner Wine | www.koernerwine.com.au) About ‘We are a family run business led by Damon and Maddy Koerner, dedicated to crafting wines that showcase the unique characteristics of the Clare Valley and Adelaide Hills. Damon is the Viticulturist and Winemaker, focusing on fruit quality, transparent practices, and producing wines that … Read More
(Image: Ryan O’Meara – Express Winemakers | Photo by Nic Duncan) About “Express Winemakers are about producing wines that are uniquely expressive of their origins. We currently lease and manage four small vineyards in the Mount Barker and Porongurup sub-regions of Western Australia’s Great Southern. We feel that the cool climate and ancient … Read More
(Image: Nicolas Peterkin – L.A.S Vino | www.facebook.com/LASVINO/) 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 been inside the same bottle and combining flavours and techniques in … Read More
(Image: Nicolas Peterkin – L.A.S Vino | www.facebook.com/LASVINO/) 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 been inside the same bottle and combining flavours and techniques in … Read More
(Image: William Downie – William Downie Wines | www.williamdownie.com.au) About William Downie represents the pinnacle of minimal intervention, site-specific pinot noir in Australia. No one has done more work in the vineyard than he has, spending his days meticulously caring for his home and leased vineyards, as well as seeking out the best sites for … Read More
(Image: Nick Farr – Farr Rising / Credit: Kristoffer Paulsen www.decanter.com) The Real Review Winery of the Year Australia 2025 – By Farr ‘Wine by Farr is a stellar producer of complex pinot noirs and beautiful chardonnays, proudly family owned and managed, and strongly vineyard focused. Its wines are all estate grown and made at … Read More
(Image: Kientzler Vineyard | www.vintageandvine.com/producers/alsace/andre-kientzler) Kientzler The fabled terraces of Geisberg, the third smallest of Alsace’s 51 Grand Crus Kientzler Alsace, France. Established: 1866 Appellations: AOC Alsace Proprietor: Kientzler Family Winemaker: Thierry Kientzler Wine Making Overview: Seeking purity and minerality in all wines. A mixture of both spontaneous and inoculated fermentation (usually without malolactic) in stainless … Read More
