On Saturday evening 05 November, the Barons of Barossa gathered to welcome 7 new Barons to the fraternity. The event began outdoors, with a traditional blessing of The Barossa Cellar Heritage Shiraz Vineyard. To introduce the ceremony, Louisa Rose, head of the fraternity, spoke [...]
Hentley Farm, a single estate boutique winery set amongst the rolling hills in the west of Barossa, has taken out Australia’s most prestigious wine award at the Melbourne Royal Wine Show, winning the Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy for the 2021 Old Legend Grenache. Hentley [...]
The 2021 G7 Shiraz by The Willows Vineyard, a small producer from Barossa’s north has been recognised as Barossa’s wine of the year at the 2022 Barossa Wine Show. The single-vineyard Shiraz was awarded a total of five trophies for its vibrant expression of Barossa’s [...]
Laura McEwen from Barossa is the first ever female winner of the South Australian Pruning Championships, held in Clare Valley on Friday. Laura took home the winner’s “Wolf Blass Shield” for the overall highest points of the day. Laura was placed 3rd in the Individual [...]
Variety is the spice of life. Barossa is 2 regions in one zone. Barossa Valley, while roughly the same size as Eden Valley, produces approximately 80% of Barossa's wine grapes. Barossa Valley is typically warmer, drier and has deeper soils than Eden Valley. Eden Valley, [...]
In another ground-breaking campaign, Barossa continues to eschew traditional images of picturesque vineyards and clinking wine glasses. Instead opting for egg and spoon races and mettwurst judging in a bold regional campaign titled “It's Just Us”. It goes beyond dry-toast facts to the legends, quirks [...]
Barossa vineyards and their viticulturists have won an outstanding three out of four trophies in the 2021 Young Gun of Wine Vineyard of the Year Awards. The wins for Eden Hall, Henschke and Alkina reinforce Barossa’s position as a leader in Australian sustainable viticulture. In [...]
The wine fraternity Barons of Barossa named Amanda Mader as this year's Barossa Viticulturist of the Year and Matthew Pellew as the Winemaker of the Year on Sunday 20 February. Louisa Rose, the fraternity’s Grand Master, said, “Our Viticulturist of the Year, Amanda [...]
After a condensed show in 2020, the full complement of 30 trophies for the 2021 Barossa Wine Show were announced last night. Saltram No. 1 Shiraz (2018), a wine of ‘great power, complexity, balance and true expression of Barossa’ was awarded the top prize; [...]
Academia & regional wine expertise brought together with signing of dynamic MOU between Barossa Grape & Wine Association and the University of Adelaide. A landmark Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Adelaide and Barossa Grape & Wine Association has been signed today at The [...]
