By Rob Pickard
The Barossa Valley is a region familiar to most wine drinkers, from the everyday Barossa reds from your local supermarket, to high end boutique wineries producing some of the world’s finest Shiraz. Most wine drinkers are big fans of that silky smooth, fruit driven, full bodied style created in the region. However I would take a guess that very few are aware …
By LyLy Lim
Hand plunging pinot noir in open fermenters
Marlborough winery Wither Hills celebrated its Pinot Noir coming of age in 2009. The release of the 2007 Wither Hills Pinot Noir marked the 10th vintage of pinot noir produced by the winery, heralding another chapter in the search for ‘Pinosity’ – …
By St Hallett, http://www.sthallett.com.au/
Vintage in the Barossa, one of Australia’s leading wine regions, brings with it busy times, crazy times and if you’re lucky, fun and satisfying times. Working at a winery during this period is a unique experience and one often not shown to those outside the winery who enjoy the fruits of such labour, including media, customers and sales …
