Healthy soil means healthy grapes - and you know what that means…delicious wine. However, while we might enjoy a glass of wine with dinner very casually it is interesting to think of the science that allowed it to be brought to our very table. In [...]
As vintage comes to a (slow) end, we took 5 minutes out to find out a little more about Alex MacClelland, Chair of the Barossa Wine Show Committee and Winemaker, Bethany Wines ahead of the Masters Apprentices event on Sunday 2 May. Alex, were [...]
At the 4th Edition of London Wine Competition which took place in London, Joanne Irvine won Wine of The Year, Best Wine in Show by Country, Best Wine in Show by Varietal, Best Wine by Quality, for her Levrier by Jo Irvine 2015 Anubis Barossa [...]
Meet the winemaking, rugby star who also happens to be a classically trained singer; Tim Pelquest-Hunt of Pernod Ricard Winemakers, before he joins us for our Masters Apprentices event on May 2. With your many talents, have you always wanted to be a winemaker? No, [...]
Marc van Halderen, winemaker at Yalumba Winery had conflicting dreams as a child, but has ended up making a new home in Australia with his wife Carolyn and 2 'well-travelled cats' We caught up with Marc in the cellar ahead of our Tasting Australia event, [...]
Grapegrowers are the lifeblood of the Barossa, and nowhere is this passion for vines more evident than at Schild Estate. One of the largest family-owned grapegrowers making wine in the Barossa Valley, Schild Estate’s story spans four generations growing the best grapes possible in their [...]
The celebrations have been a long time coming for the Calabria family as their expansion into Barossa comes to fruition. “In 2007, the idea first surfaced and we started looking for different regions that we could extend our wine portfolio into. In 2010 the search [...]
The 2019 Marananga Wine Show has again celebrated the wines of Barossa's Western Ridge. This year's show received 120 entries across 29 producers and 11 classes. Of the 120 entries, 70 wines received medals consisting of 14 gold, 19 silver and 29 bronze, based on [...]
Barossa’s wines have enjoyed critical acclaim with the release of the highly anticipated Halliday Wine Companion 2020 this week. 3 wineries; Eisenstone, Quin Wines and Utopos, made a stunning debut into the wine word and the Wine Companion this year, earning 5 stars and a [...]
In an Australian first, historic wine estate Seppeltsfield Barossa, and Australian-based brand protection and retail engagement specialist, YPB Group Limited, has today unveiled a revolutionary solution to guarantee wine authenticity and to trigger consumer engagement. The technology developed by YPB Group - NFC [...]