Pooley Spring Releases Top Ten – Real Review Top 100 Australian Wineries- Pooley Wines #9 _________ 2020 Pooley Riesling Varietal/s: Riesling Production: 18267 bottles Alcohol: 11.8% PH: 2.99 TA: 9.1 g/L RS: 8 g/L GI: Coal River Valley, Southern Tasmania. Vinification: A blend of Butcher’s Hill Riesling (60%) and Cooinda Vale Riesling (40%). Handpicked. Whole bunch pressed … Read More
Express Winemakers Spring Releases _________ 2021 FOAMO Organically grown Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir bottled before fermentation was finished to provide some fizz. Tastes like ruby grapefruit, watermelon and fruit tingles. 2021 DRINKING WINE (WHITE) Blending on the fly and trying to recreate the magic of the first white drinking wine, the final blend was … Read More
BK Wines Spring New Releases 2021 CIDRE What a difference a year makes! Where 2020 saw the one of the smallest grape harvests in recent memory but apples by the bushel-load in our newly adopted orchard, our second cidre vintage was at the other end of the spectrum – a tiny crop of apples amidst … Read More
Latta August Releases _________ JURASSIQUE 2020 BLANC Lack of rain, poor flowering & general harsh conditions of the past few years have contributed to the lack of Chardonnay grown at Eastern Peake. This wine is from two vineyards – ours at Coghills Creek & the one at Tarrington. It was previously mentioned no 2020 would … Read More
SC Pannell 2019 Single Vineyard Grenache Release _________ 2019 GRENACHE RELEASE It’s an exciting time to be a Grenache maker and even more exciting to be a Grenache grower but as the popularity of Grenache grows I find myself wondering is it disrespectful for it to be treated only as a “session wine”? It is … Read More
Gourmet Traveller WINE Winemaker of the Year 2021 Finalist, John Hughes _________ 2021 RELEASE It’s especially pleasing timing that we get to formally release our 2021 wines just as John is announced as a finalist for the Gourmet Traveller WINE Winemaker of the Year award. But then it has been an exciting year for Rieslingfreak, … Read More
