Caleb Dennis, Bayer Young Viticulturist of the Year 2015, was handed the keys to his prize from Hyundai last week and now has full use of a Santa Fe for a whole year. This was part of his prize package for winning the tough National Final in Hawke’s Bay at the end of August. “We are extremely grateful to Hyundai for their support and sponsorship,” says Nicky Grandorge, Bayer Young Viticulturist of the Year national co-ordinator.
In partnership with Hunter Valley winery Bimbadgen, the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) has announced the release of both a red and white that will form the Bimbadgen MCA Wine Series XV – a 2014 Tempranillo from the Central Ranges Region in NSW and a 2015 Riesling from Orange. This latest series release marks the fifteenth year in a row that Bimbadgen has partnered with the MCA to combine art and wine in uniquely labelled bottles, creating two limited-edition blends with labels by Australian artists from the MCA Collection.
Treasury Wine Estates (TWE) announced today that it has signed a new five-year agreement with the Victoria Racing Club (VRC), signifying the longest commercial partnership in the history of Australia’s premier racing club. The agreement extends the relationship between the two organisations to 43 years, with TWE retaining its rights as Official Wine Partner of the VRC and the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Angus McPherson, TWE’s Managing Director for Australia & New Zealand, said the partnership provides TWE with the perfect platform to engage consumers.
The Riverland’s irrigators have been among the world’s best for 60 years at least. As a collective group they have been focused on water use efficiency since the 1960s when the cap on Murray River extractions was first legislated. They have consistently been at the forefront of new water delivery infrastructure and irrigation technology. They have taken responsibility for salinity management with salinity zoning and salt interception schemes.
What started out as a one line brief to bring the story of Stoneleigh wines to life, turned into one of Sydney’s oldest homes becoming a living breathing part of nature. Pernod Ricard’s Stoneleigh brand, in partnership with IPG’s Society and production agency, The Feds, has created a house in Miller’s Point in Sydney that is completely alive. Designed to truly bring wine tasting to life, each of the rooms in the house represents a different wine in the brand’s newly released Wild Valley range.
The DOCG doesn’t like it, but the man behind on-tap sparkling wines says it’s the way forward. The market for Prosecco sold on draft is set to grow significantly over the next five years, according to Frizzenti director Daniel Spinath. In an interview with Wine Searcher, the co-founder of sparkling wine supplier Frizzenti, said that certain types of wine “suited a keg culture – it’s a more natural habitat”.
Italy has knocked France off top spot for wine production in the latest global figures from the International Organisation of Vine and Wine. Global wine production was up 2.0 percent on last year, to 275.7 million hectolitres (Mhl), according to the figures, although the organisation was still waiting for confirmed figures from China and Russia. Italy regained first place, which it lost to France last year, with production of 48.9 Mhl, up 10 percent on 2014.
Giesen Wines is searching for an enology and viticulture graduate to join the family owned producer.
The successful applicant will start with the firm in January and work at Giesen’s Premium Organic high density vineyards in Marlborough until September when he/she will move to the more conventional Estate vineyards. The 2017 program starts with vintage experience in Giesen’s Marlborough Winery, then on to France, staying at the Giesen Brothers Estate in Puligny Montrachet, Burgundy.
Hawke’s Bay ranks second for entries produced under the New Zealand Winegrowers Sustainable Winemaking certificate program at next month’s prestigious 2015 Air New Zealand Wine Awards. A record 99.7 per cent of all wines entered, which number 1420, have been sustainably produced. Hawke’s Bay has 320 entries – second only to Marlborough, which has 588 entries.
Perth wine retailer Vince Salpietro is still alive and kicking, despite one of the most provocative advertisements published in a WA newspaper. day after he took out a half-page attack on the Penfolds Grange 2011 on page 9 of The West Australian on Tuesday, the “flood of customers and extraordinary sales” suggest he was not alone. Mr Salpietro’s claim is that “$750 for a wine from a very average vintage” is ridiculous and there are many better value wines around.