Tag: Blanc de Blanc
Karrawatta Wines
At a local South Australian pub, a coin was flipped and it landed on tails, meaning Mark Gilbert’s great, great, great grandfather, Joseph Gilbert, lost the bet and had to change his property name from ‘Karrawatta’ to ‘Pewsey Vale’. Joseph Gilbert made his first wine in 1847. Since then, the Gilbert family has continued to…
Bimbadgen
Bimbadgen’s Palmers Lane vineyard was planted in 1968 and the McDonalds Road vineyard shortly thereafter; both sites providing a highly sought after source of old vine Semillon, Shiraz and Chardonnay. With century old fig trees framing a spectacular view of the Brokenback mountain range, this vineyard remains one of the Hunter Valley’s best kept secrets.…
Audrey Wilkinson
A MAN NAMED AUDREYWhat were his parents thinking?Yet aged only 15 years, with his father having died, Audrey assumed the daunting role of running the family’s vineyard. Audrey was blessed with a wonderful sense of taste, and produced some of the finest wines in Australia.He left this lasting legacy: “It’s all about the wine.” Our…
Juniper Estate
Juniper is a producer of premium wines in Margaret River, the heart of the remote, environmentally pristine winegrowing area lying in the south-west corner of Western Australia, 270km south of Perth. We are fortunate that Margaret River is where it is and, with its maritime influence, ancient soils and beautiful landscape is perfectly suited to…
La Villa Wines
Whilst we may not have appreciated it when we were 22 year olds, our passion for food and wine was ignited during our first trip to Italy.Since returning there 26 years later and reuniting with our friends and families, some of our greatest joys include making tortellini with Franca, making salumi with Livio and picking…
Brook Eden Vineyard
Brook Eden is a small, family-owned, sustainably managed vineyard and producer of elegant, true cool-climate wines.To find our cellar door, you have to drive about a half hour north of Launceston, turn down a country lane off Pipers Brook Road, then come about 300m up our driveway, (avoiding the ducks and water hens on the…