We were still celebrating the Women in Wine Awards when a courier dropped off a parcel. To our surprise we had won the Best Organic Wine in the Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show, and we hadn't even known!

We hastily looked up the results: Gold and Trophy for the 919 Pale Dry Apera, and a silver for the 919 2015 Reserve Collection Touriga Nacional. 

Surprise!

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The ultimate picnic

The ultimate picnic

When I was growing up, we went on family picnics year round. We’d set off early, sometimes walking through Sherbrooke Forest in search of lyrebirds, before returning to the picnic ground for a barbecue breakfast. Autumn weekends were often spent...

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Out of adversity comes opportunity

Out of adversity comes opportunity

Whilst devastating at the time, the loss of our premium fruit to frost has opened up a range of exciting opportunities.

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A bittersweet season

A bittersweet season

Less than 48 hours after a devastating frost took out the fruit from our award-winning patch of Touriga Nacional, we were awarded Best Organic/Biodynamic Wine of the Riverland Wine Show for wine sourced from that block. What a wild ride!

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