Charlotte Hardyâs Charlotte Dalton wines were launched from the 2015 vintage, a semillon and a shiraz made in an unfussed lo-fi way. With a career making wine for some serious labels, these werenât your classic new wave wines from Basket Range. They were a pivot from the norm, unbound but not wild, essentially personal expressions. Hardyâs wines are like that, made with technical understanding, but intuitively, a reflection of mood and moment.
Shaun Crinion didnât exactly grow up surrounded by a strong wine culture. Although today the Sunshine Coast does have an expanding wine-growing industry, that wasnât exactly the case when Crinion was growing up in the â80s. Sand, sunshine and the like were the order of the day, with the only vinous connection being his uncle,…
Not everyone would trade in their only form of transport for a tonne of pinot noir grapes. Thankfully, in 2010, Vanessa Altman waved goodbye to her Nissan Pulsar and welcomed the first fruit into what would become her own project, Switch. Having worked at the organic pioneer Temple Breuer (certified organic way back in 1995,…
Jayden Ong now has four lines in his stable of wines: One Block, Maison de Ong, Moonlit Forest and the eponymous Jayden Ong range. Launched in 2016, it is with his Moonlit Forest series that Ong gets to deeply explore experimental styles. While all of Ongâs wines employ minimal-intervention processes, the Moonlit Forest wines see extended skin contact, across both reds and whites, with the range also including a light red made for chilling and a vermouth.
Damon and Jono Koerner are the second generation to run the familyâs Clare Valley vineyard. And they have taken it from an exclusively contract operation to the primary fruit source of one of the most exciting young labels on the market: Koerner Wine. That fruit resource stretches back before Jono and Damonâs parents took possession…
Melanie Chester had squeezed an awful lot into her winemaking career when she took the helm at the highly regarded Sutton Grange Winery in 2015, with a wake of accolades and high-quality experience trailing behind her. She was only 26. Since then she has worked tirelessly to further enhance an already stellar reputation built by…
Hailing from Cape Province, South Africa, Remi Guise came to Margaret River in 2007 to visit, and hasnât, as yet, made it back. The following year, he took on an entry-level role with Naturaliste Vintners, and is now the Senior Winemaker under Margaret River legend Bruce Dukes. And as fine an operation as that is,…
A viticulturist is a bit like the drummer in a band. Theyâre a key foundation, but usually kept well out of the limelight, letting the winemaker talk about how âwine is made in the vineyardâ and somehow taking all the glory at the same time. Stuart Proud is a farmer first and foremost, and one…
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