(Image: HO Spaniards & Carolin Spanier-Gillot / www.vinissimus.com) H.O Spanier Winemaker of the Year – Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2018: Carolin Gillot-Spanier and H.O. Spanier Weingut Kühling-Gillot & Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier About “When I founded my wine estate at the age of 20, restoring soil vitality was one of my most important goals. The grape vine … Read More
(Image: Stephen Pannell – S.C. Pannell / www.pannell.com.au) Erin Larkin for The Wine Advocate “Steve Pannell has been fundamentally instrumental in the success of McLaren Vale Grenache. This comment is not to take away from the early pioneers who, in many respects, put the variety and the region “on the map,” but his work in … Read More
(Image: Brad Wehr – Amato Vino / www.amatovino.com.au) About Amato Vino are small-batch artisan winemakers based in the Margaret River wine region, Western Australia. The winemaking philosophy is ‘lo-fi’, in that we embrace wild-ferments, minimal adjustments in the winery, gentle handling. Most wines are unfined and unfiltered. We are hands-on in terms of the grunt work, the … Read More
(Image: Owen Latta – Eastern Peake – www.easternpeake.com.au) 2025 Young Gun of Wine Winner – Owen Latta “At the 19th Annual Young Gun of Wine Awards, the Young Gun of Wine trophy goes to Owen Latta of Eastern Peake and Latta Wines. Since 2007, we’ve scoured the country for the best emerging talent, always … 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: 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: Nick Farr – by Farr / Kristoffer Paulsen – The Real Review www.therealreview.com) The Real Review Winery of the Year Australia 2025 – Wine by Farr Vintage 2024 – Wine by Farr “The feeling of the season leading up to the 2024 vintage, was one of hope. The property was poised for a … Read More
(Image: Dan Standish / www.standishwineco.com) 2023 Releases “Patience is not merely waiting for something to happen but the ability to maintain a positive attitude during that time. Patience was fundamental to the 2023 harvest in the Barossa, with the grape picking extending well into May, almost a month later than average. As grape growers we are farmers … 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 previously … 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 … Read More
