tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68903475362477268052024-03-05T05:41:29.587-08:00Ambar Hill WinesAt 1,000 m the Ambar Hill vineyard is an award winning producer of cool climate wines.
Located in Australia’s Granite Belt wine region, Ambar Hill is four hours from Surfers Paradise and the Gold Coast and three hours from Brisbane.
The vineyard is planted to Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Verdelho and Semillon.
www.ambarhill.com.auAmbar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06082096163390658157noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890347536247726805.post-35773745445504901632011-12-20T23:15:00.000-08:002011-12-21T22:17:01.255-08:00Ambar Hill at the Straddie Oyster Festival<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying an oyster at the Straddie Oyster festival.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ambar Hill Chardonnay Verdelho - the perfect wine for seafood and especially oysters.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greg Nankervis' excellent oysters.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ambar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06082096163390658157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890347536247726805.post-52471982413898807472011-12-06T13:37:00.000-08:002011-12-06T13:37:50.050-08:00See us at the Straddie Oyster Festival this Saturday<div style="font: 15.0px Times; line-height: 13.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ambar Hill is proud to be attending the Straddie oyster festival. We will be serving our Chardonnay Verdelho which is the perfect crisp accompaniment to local oysters.</span></div><div style="font: 15.0px Times; line-height: 13.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A little about the festival....</span></div><div style="font: 15.0px Times; line-height: 13.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>The Straddie Sharks Rugby League & All Sports Club at Dunwich will showcase the cream of the crop of Straddie oysters, presented by The Stradbroke Association of Oyster Farmers, this Saturday 10th December when it holds the “Original Straddie Oyster Festival” at Ron Stark Oval at Dunwich for the 3rd successive year at its new home.</i></span></div><div style="font: 15.0px Times; line-height: 13.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>The day will commence at 10am with the Traditional Official Opening and Welcome to Country by Quandamooka Elder Aunty Margaret Iselin. That will be followed by some traditional dances by the Minjerribah Dance Group from Stradbroke and a visiting New Guinea dance troup.</i></span></div><div style="font: 15.0px Times; line-height: 13.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>The usual Competitions of Oyster Opening (shucking), Oyster Eating, Prawn Peeling & Eating, etc. will be held over the day which is planned to wind up at 6pm. People will also be able to try their hand at Oyster Cutting and Turning for Presentation AFTER the oysters have been opened by the professional oyster Farmers.</i></span></div><div style="font: 15.0px Times; line-height: 13.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>This year there will be a Classic Car & Motor Bike Show which will feature the replica Jim Beam V8 racing Car for the Rev. Heads in the crowd, Fun Rides for all the children along with oodles of new Market Stalls and Live Music all day along with our loyal Celebrity Comperes Spencer Jolly and Bruce Paige leading the proceedings.</i></span></div><div style="font: 15.0px Times; line-height: 13.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>As a special addition this year Fino Food + Wines will be sponsoring sponsoring Oyster & Seafood Cooking Demonstrations by Executive Chef “Shin” from the well known “Sake” Restaurant in Brisbane. This is expected to draw special interest from the cuisine conscious in the crowd.</i></span></div><div style="font: 15.0px Times; line-height: 13.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>There will be a huge selection of foods and beverages available from stalls around the ground and don’t forget to bring your empty Eskys to take home a selection of the fresh local Straddie seafood which will be available for sale .</i></span></div><div style="font: 15.0px Times; line-height: 13.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>You will also have the opportunity to win a 5 night stay at Anchorage Village , plus a free return vehicle ferry car trip with the big raffle on the day, be sure and buy your tickets. These prizes have kindly been donated by our sponsors Anchorage Village and Stradbroke Ferries</i></span></div><div style="font: 15.0px Times; line-height: 13.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>A boat will run from the Southern Moreton Bay Islands including Coochiemudlo departing Russell Island at 10.30am then via all other SMB islands direct to Dunwich. Phone 3409 9216 to book a place on this as spaces are limited. It will return to SMBI departing Dunwich at 5pm. Fares for this service are Adults $15, Children/Pensioners $10 Return. Mainland visitors transport will be well catered for by catching the Stradbroke Ferries water taxi or vehicle ferries from Toondah Harbour, Cleveland which will drop off at their Dunwich pontoon which is a 2 minute easy walk to the Ron Stark Oval and the Festival. Boats run just about hourly but phone 3488 5300 to check timetables.</i></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Times; line-height: 13.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 13.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div>Ambar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06082096163390658157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890347536247726805.post-966298098363945372011-12-06T13:28:00.000-08:002011-12-06T13:28:10.965-08:00A vineyard would have been fun when I was 15<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ukqAXYTQPOZgisIzd1UdqPQTAt55mh1NYudlpujTWpwR6D7oyJ3PRz4l6N-7PlgP0D_iYeM_QRRikDgfXHxVZ41u4s9jPtjyjJKfofYCR1jYSlls6p_vwERy4PAQ0D74Yi2CEN18TXg/s1600/When+I+was+young+015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ukqAXYTQPOZgisIzd1UdqPQTAt55mh1NYudlpujTWpwR6D7oyJ3PRz4l6N-7PlgP0D_iYeM_QRRikDgfXHxVZ41u4s9jPtjyjJKfofYCR1jYSlls6p_vwERy4PAQ0D74Yi2CEN18TXg/s400/When+I+was+young+015.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Ambar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06082096163390658157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890347536247726805.post-53111838252520428602011-11-30T22:02:00.000-08:002011-11-30T22:02:06.392-08:00Christmas Dozen Special<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Century, Century, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2011 Christmas Dozen </span></span></span> <br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>1 Shiraz 2005 </b></span> </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Extremely elegant cool climate shiraz with great fruit flavours and over all balance. Described by leading wine writer Tony Harper as having “a seamless, plush texture...”. Brisbane News praised its “Rhone like qualities” The only Queensland wine in Courier Mail’s list of best value Australian wine for including in a wine cellar. </span></span></span> </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Queensland Wine Awards 2007 Silver </span> </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Royal Agricultural Society of Qld 2009 Class 10 Bronze </span> </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Queensland Wine Awards 2009 Silver </span> </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>3 Shiraz 2006 </b></span> </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Picked very late - on 17 April. It was very ripe with luscious fruit with very high baume but as a result the ferment left a little residual sugar. Halliday said it was over the top. He was right, but it still won a medal at one of its only outings. It has produced a cool climate wine with a voluptuous taste leaving a slightly sweet finish. It is on quite few restaurant wine lists. Great for the Boxing Day bbq. </span> </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Queensland Wine Awards 2007 Bronze </span> </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b>1 Samuel Bailey 2007 </b></span> </span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">The season started with frosts in November, then drought stressed and reduced the crop. However, it has produced great flavours. The wine was fermented in new French and American oak barrels purchased specially for this premium wine. Des Houghton’s Courier Mail pick for Christmas dinner 2009 and still winning medals.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Winestate Magazine best of 2009 Annual 2010 Edition 4 ½ stars <br />
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</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cowra Wine Show 2009 Class 76 Bronze, <br />
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</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cowra Wine Show 2010 class 34 Silver <br />
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Australian Small Winemakers 2010 Class 45 Silver <br />
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></b></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1 Shiraz 2007 </b><br />
It is replacing our 2005 on restaurant wine lists. It was bottled very cold after flushing bottles with CO2. Some cases have a little dissolved CO2 in the wine from the bottling. It will keep it fresh for a very long time, but the wine needs to breathe for 30 mins or be decanted to be at its very best. <br />
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</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New England Wine Show 2008 Bronze <br />
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</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Winestate Magazine best of 2009 Annual 2010 Edition <br />
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></b></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1 Stirling Mountain Vintage 2007 Fortified Shiraz </b>Picked very ripe late in May for a vintage fortified shiraz. Pudding wine, or give it as a gift. </span><br />
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Australian Small Winemakers 2009 bronze <br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New England Wine Show 2009 Class 19 bronze <br />
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 Reserve Chardonnay 2008 <br />
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Granite Belt is demonstrating that it can produce some of Australia’s best chardonnays. The grapes were excellent, hand-picked and sorted. The wine was fermented in new French oak barrels. It is quite flinty in a classic Chardonnay style – perhaps unfashionably over oaked. It will keep for many years and more fully integrate the fruit and oak. It received a commendation at the world’s most prestigious and influential wine competition – the International Wine Challenge in London. <br />
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</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Australian Small Winemakers 2010 Class 3: Bronze <br />
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">International Wine Challenge, London 2010 : Commended <br />
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New England Wine show 2011: Bronze </span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 Shiraz 2008 <br />
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</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gold Medal Class 9 New England Wine show 2009 <br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trophy for Best Young Red Wine of the Show New England Wine Show 2009 <br />
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 Chardonnay Verdelho 2010 </span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"> </div></b><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A signature wine blend for the Granite Belt. It has equal quantities of Chardonnay and Verdelho. Crisp and fruity – a summer wine. <br />
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</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Payment by cheque or BSB <br />
</span><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An invoice will be issued on dispatch </span></b></span></span></span>Ambar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06082096163390658157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890347536247726805.post-6521905531504014862011-09-14T16:29:00.000-07:002011-09-14T16:29:04.594-07:00Early Spring at Ambar HillIt is early spring at Ambar Hill. The vineyard still looks dormant. But the wild peaches are in full flower, and behold in the vines the magic of another vintage has started: the first shoots on the verdelho have appeared.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wild peaches are blossoming.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first shoots for the verdelho.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Ambar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06082096163390658157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890347536247726805.post-24192246256822035662011-09-04T17:02:00.000-07:002011-09-04T17:03:07.003-07:00Spring is sprung at Ambar Hill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw96U0lLH-_cTMjOoYGAKc2JjcRRNBOLHRcoaNqA9PDIMlj3nlDXtqegZUsfNMm1EVGC22uiSV4kuYHkXejpqoq40K4nf52hqq-j8nzbLbyO8KsOcy3vX5t672Wg6YeKzyvE40QJYGOfQ/s1600/Plums.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw96U0lLH-_cTMjOoYGAKc2JjcRRNBOLHRcoaNqA9PDIMlj3nlDXtqegZUsfNMm1EVGC22uiSV4kuYHkXejpqoq40K4nf52hqq-j8nzbLbyO8KsOcy3vX5t672Wg6YeKzyvE40QJYGOfQ/s1600/Plums.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first plum is in flower and the Granite Belt will be blossom full over </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the next few weeks. Spring is a magical time to visit the Granite Belt, with all the orchards in blossom as well as the areas famous wild flowers. The days are sunny but the nights are still cold enough for a log fire.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Winter Dozen Special $120 :</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Includes GST and delivery in Brisbane and Stanthorpe. Add $15 for delivery elsewhere in </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Australia. (Normal retail prices are shown)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2 Chardonnay Verdelho 2010 $11.00</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Huge fresh pineapple and passionfruit nose and lovely big fruit flavours –but actually </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fermented very crisp and dry. A fantastic and elegant summer alternative to the now ubiquitous </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sauvignon blanc. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2 Shiraz 2008 $16.00 </b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Very late harvest, very high baume. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Awards</u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gold Medal Class 9 New England Wine show 2009</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trophy for Best Young Red Wine of the Show New England Wine Show 2009 </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1 Chardonnay 2008 $19.00</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The grapes were excellent, hand-picked and hand sorted. The wine was fermented in new </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">French oak barrels. It deserves several years of bottle age to fully integrate the fruit and oak. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is quite flinty in a classic white Burgundy style – perhaps unfashionably over oaked for </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Australian tastes. But it received a Commendation at the 2010 International Wine Challenge </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in London, regarded as the largest and most prestigious wine show in the world.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Awards</u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Commendation, International Wine challenge, London 2010. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Australian Small Winemakers 2010 Class 3: Bronze </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2 Shiraz 2007 $14.00 </b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again a very late harvest. Well awarded. It was bottled very cold and bottles were sparged </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with CO2 to keep total freshness. Some bottles are releasing a little of that dissolved CO2 on </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">opening so we recommend decanting at least 10 mins before drinking to allow the CO2 to </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dissipate. Australia’s premier wine magazine awarded the maximum five stars.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Awards</u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wine State Magazine </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New England Wine Show 2008 Bronze </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Queensland Wine Awards 2008 Bronze</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Winestate Magazine best of 2009 Annual 2010 Edition </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>2 The Samuel Bailey 2007 $14.00</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A reduced crop was effected by both the extremely cold start to the season with snow and </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">frosts in November, then stressed by the drought. However, it has produced intense flavours. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wine was fermented in new French and American oak barrels purchased specially for this </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">premium wine. Courier Mail’s Des Houghton reviewed it as his preferred wine for Christmas </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">day 2009.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Awards</u> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Winestate Magazine: Best of 2009 Annual Edition 2010 4.5 stars</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Queensland Wine Awards 2009 Bronze</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Australian Small Winemakers Class 44 2008 Bronze</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New England Wine Show 2008 Silver</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cowra Wine Show 2009 Class 76 Bronze</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wine State magazine 4 1/2 </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cowra Wine Show 2010 Class 34 Silver</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Australian Small Winemakers 2010 Class 45 Silver</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1 Stirling Mountain Vintage 2007 Fortified Shiraz $23.00</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We picked a small quantity of very ripe shiraz late in May for a vintage fortified shiraz. It is </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">excellent and will be released over the next 2 decades.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Awards</u> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Australian Small Winemakers 2009 bronze</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New England Wine Show 2009 Class 19 bronze </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1 Shiraz 2006 $10.00</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Picked very late - on 17 April – perhaps one of the last Shiraz pickings in Australia. It was </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">very ripe with luscious fruit with high baume but the ferment left a little residual sugar. We </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">debated its future, as it is totally out of character for us - but decided to bottle anyway. It has </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">produced a cool climate wine with a voluptuous taste leaving a slightly sweet finish. A wine for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the mistress not the wife. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Awards</u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Queensland Wine Awards 2007 Bronze</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>1 Shiraz 2005</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Extremely elegant cool climate shiraz with great fruit flavours and over all balance. Described </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by leading wine writer Tony Harper as having “a seamless, plush texture..” and “irritatingly” </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cheap.... Brisbane News praised its “Rhone like qualities”. The only Queensland wine in </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Courier Mail’s list of best value Australian wine for including in a wine cellar. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Was listed on many Queensland restaurant and hotel wine lists. Sold out – this is from our own </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cellar.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Awards</u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Queensland Wine Awards 2007 Silver</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Royal Agricultural Society of Qld 2009 Class 10 Bronze</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Queensland Wine Awards 2009 Silver</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last year our boat Ambar Blue suddenly lost power in the middle of Moreton Bay. To </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the rescue came the Manly Coast Guard. We are now proud to be sponsors. </span>Ambar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06082096163390658157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890347536247726805.post-78464210666319238992011-05-02T00:09:00.001-07:002011-05-02T00:14:14.434-07:00The Big Wet<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The last 10 years were spent learning to farm the drought and doing that very well. Now it is time to learn to manage rain. The area has experienced record rain. Old timers say they have seen nothing like it in at least a generation. In the vineyard, new rivers and creeks and swamps have appeared. The equipment is constantly being bogged up to the axles. Spraying is very difficult. The decision is not to make any wine this vintage. We are only interested in producing premium wines and this is not the year for that.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In Brisbane, our apartment was flooded in the basement and we were without power for several days. But our Brisbane warehouse near the river was fortunately spared the flood despite of the forecast that it would go under.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ambar Hill has had a long relationship with the farmed seafood industry, and some producers we know well in Cardwell and Innisfail have taken hard hits. Ambar Hill is sponsoring some recovery events with wines for raffles and functions to help raise money. The Australian wine industry has organised a major fundraiser with Ambar Hill amongst the many industry donors. See the notice at the end of this news letter for how to buy a ticket.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div>Ambar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06082096163390658157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890347536247726805.post-6798174909038271632011-05-02T00:06:00.001-07:002011-05-02T00:06:42.987-07:00Days of Summer : Tasting Doz – Only $120<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Celebrate summer with our special tasting dozen of mixed wines. There are plenty of white wines to laze at a picnic or just to sip as the evening cools. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The cost is just $120 delivered Brisbane - plus $15 delivery anywhere else in Australia. Phone 07 38908089 or email your order </span><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="mailto:gldalton@bigpond.com"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">gldalton@bigpond.com</span></a></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> – payment by BSB or cheque – delivery Australia Post. A full price list is also attached.</span><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 6cm; margin-right: 1.5cm; text-indent: -6cm;"><b>1 Shiraz 2005</b> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">We found a few more cases of this fantastic wine at the back of the winery and can include it in our tasting dozen again. But as the famous Ochre Restaurant in Cairns has reserved cases for their wine list this will probably be the last time it is listed. Extremely elegant cool climate shiraz. Described by leading wine writer Tony Harper as having “a seamless, plush texture..”. Brisbane News praised its “Rhone like qualities” The only Queensland wine in Courier Mail’s list of best value Australian wine for including in a wine cellar. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 1.27cm;"><b>Awards</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 1.25cm;">Queensland Wine Awards 2007 Silver</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 1.25cm;">Royal Agricultural Society of Qld 2009 Class 10 Bronze</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 1.25cm;">Queensland Wine Awards 2009 Silver </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 6cm; margin-right: 1.5cm; text-indent: -6cm;"><b>1 Cabernet Merlot 2006 </b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The first of our Cabernet Sauvignon/ Merlot. Needs more bottle age. Tannic finish will soften with time. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>Awards</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 1.27cm;">Australian Small Winemakers 2009 Bronze </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 6cm; margin-right: 1.5cm; text-indent: -6cm;"><b>1 Shiraz 2006 </b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Picked very late - on 17 April. It was very ripe with luscious fruit with very high baume but as a result the ferment left a little residual sugar. Halliday said it was over the top. He was right, but it still won a medal at one of its only outings. It has produced a cool climate wine with a voluptuous taste leaving a slightly sweet finish. A wine for the mistress not the wife. It is on quite few restaurant wine lists. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 1.27cm;"><b>Awards</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 1.27cm;">Queensland Wine Awards 2007 Bronze</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 6cm; margin-right: 1.5cm; text-indent: -6cm;"><b>1 Samuel Bailey 2007</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0.5cm;">The season started with frosts in November, then drought stressed and reduced the crop. However, it produced great flavours. It was fermented in new French and American oak barrels. Des Houghton’s Courier Mail wine pick for Christmas dinner 2009. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 5.27cm; margin-right: 1.5cm; text-indent: -4cm;">Winestate Magazine best of 2009 Annual 2010 Edition 4 ½ stars </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 5.27cm; margin-right: 1.5cm; text-indent: -4cm;">Queensland Wine Awards 2009 Bronze, </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 5.27cm; margin-right: 1.5cm; text-indent: -4cm;">Australian Small Winemakers Class 44 2008 Bronze, </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 5.27cm; margin-right: 1.5cm; text-indent: -4cm;">New England Wine Show 2008 Silver, </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 5.27cm; margin-right: 1.5cm; text-indent: -4cm;">Cowra Wine Show 2009 Class 76 Bronze, </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 5.27cm; margin-right: 1.5cm; text-indent: -4cm;">Wine State magazine 4 ½ stars </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 1.25cm;">Cowra Wine Show 2010 class 34 Silver</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-indent: 1.25cm;">Australian Small Winemakers 2010 Class 45 Silver</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 6cm; margin-right: 1.5cm; text-indent: -6cm;"><b>1 Shiraz 2007 </b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">This wine will be replacing our 2005 on restaurant wine lists. It was bottled very cold after flushing bottles with CO2. Some cases have a little of that CO2 still dissolved in the wine from the bottling. It will keep it fresh for a very long time, but the wine needs to breath for 30 mins. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.25cm;">Awards</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.25cm;">Wine State Magazine </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.25cm;">New England Wine Show 2008 Bronze </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.25cm;">Queensland Wine Awards 2008 Bronze</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.25cm; margin-right: 1.5cm;">Winestate Magazine best of 2009 Annual 2010 Edition </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.25cm; margin-right: 1.5cm; text-indent: -1.25cm;"><b>1 Shiraz 2008</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 1.5cm;">A great vintage for us with considerable complexity in the wines whilst still retaining fruit freshness</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.25cm; margin-right: 1.5cm; text-indent: -1.25cm;">New England Wine show 2009 Gold Medal</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.25cm; margin-right: 1.5cm; text-indent: -1.25cm;">New England Wine Show 2009 Trophy best young red wine</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>3 Reserve Chardonnay 2008</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">The Granite Belt is capable of producing some of Australia’s best chardonnays. In 2008 we produced our first as a single varietal. The grapes were excellent, hand-picked and sorted. The wine was fermented in new French oak barrels. It is quite flinty in a classic Chardonnay style – perhaps unfashionably over oaked. It deserves several years of bottle age to fully integrate the fruit and oak. It received a commendation at the <span lang="en">world’s most prestigious and influential wine competition – the International Wine Challenge in London. </span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 1.27cm; margin-right: 1.5cm;"><b>Awards</b></div><ul><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 1.5cm;">Australian Small Winemakers 2010 Class 3: Bronze </div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 1.5cm;">International Wine Challenge, London 2010 : Commended </div></li>
</ul><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b>3 Chardonnay Verdelho 2010 </b> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Huge fresh pineapple and passionfruit nose and lovely big fruit flavours –but actually fermented very dry -reflecting the lower baume than previous years.</div>Ambar Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06082096163390658157noreply@blogger.com