First James Halliday Rating.
For the first time ever we have received a rating in the James
Halliday Compendium. James is one of the most influential wine
writers in the country so his rating is most important (read
more).
Vintage 2008
2008 was our largest vintage yet. We crushed just under 200 tons
of very good quality fruit. Vintage was about a month early due to
some very hot weather in March. The first wine to be bottled will
be the 2008 Viognier which promises to be an outstanding wine.
Terry Barnett, our winemaker, said "The 2008 vintage provided
grapes with tropical rarely seen flavours. This was part due to the
continuing drought and late autumn high temperatures that
concentrated the flavours." (read
more)
New Wine for China
After
extensive research with our partner in China, China Wine Platform,
we decided to launch a totally new wine in China. It is called
Moscato Gold. It has a new distinctive label, a special gold
shipping carton and will be backed by an integrated marketing
program. Terry Barnett is a pioneer
of this type of wine having successfully made it and many other
experimental wines for Brown Brothers. He describes our new Moscato
as follows: (read more)
New Label
After extensive
research in Australia and overseas we have decided we need to
upgrade our labels to reflect the quality of the wine they
represent. This is not something you do lightly but we felt we
needed to tell the story of the origin and the style of the wine on
the front label. Reaction to samples we have shown our distributors
and the trade [not to mention our partners] has been very
encouraging. We have no doubt it will have a positive impact on our
Brand. If you would like to see the first new label which will
adorn the 2008 Viognier, click
here.
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