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a f t e r t a s t e ELISABETH KING MONK-Y BUSINESS IN THE musical Gigi, Alan Jay Lerner wrote exclusively at Nick Humphrey’s Bindoon of “the night they invented champagne”. Estate and matured in the century-old New The process took a lot longer than that, Norcia cellars. of course, and there were more monks California isn’t normally associated with involved than Dom Perignon and Dom monks but another New World monastic Ruinart. Reims has been a religious centre venture of note is New Clairvaux. Over for longer than it has been the capital of 15 years ago, the 25 monks in residence bubbly. The region had several abbeys opened the first Cistercian winery in North adhering to the age-old monastic rule of America. They had plenty to work with, self-support through manual labour and by though. The 235ha property was once the 1600s their slightly spritzy wines were owned by Leland Stanford, the railway making was a no-brainer for the monks in high demand in Paris as vin fou – “crazy magnate, California governor and university because they had always worked the land wine”. founder, and was billed as the world’s without using fertislisers, pesticides or soil Champagne isn’t the only area where largest winery in the late 19th century. disinfectants. They do admit, though, that Christianity and wine have strong bonds. The Stanford winery closed in 1917 but going organic was a great marketing tool As a guide at the wine museum in Vaud the monks still use the old-time brick and a major point of difference for Adyar in Switzerland neatly encapsulated the cellars to make, age and bottle their wines wines. A practical approach that has won connection: “Wine growing developed under the guidance of fifth-generation several medals at the International Organic under monks for three reasons: it was winemaker, Aimee Sunseri. The monastery Wine Show in Germany. used in the sacrament of communion, it didn’t rush into wine making after it moved But the wine-making monks that have was a symbol of hospitality to passers-by from Kentucky more than 50 years ago, attracted the most publicity are the and it served as a source of income for the concentrating the first agricultural efforts Devon-based brethren of Buckfast Abbey. monks’ good works such as taking care of on dairy farming and organic vegetables. Benedictine monks came from France to the poor and sick”. In the late 90s, they decided to grow 10 this idyllic part of the UK over 100 years ago It’s a rare pleasure to visit venerable venues varietals, including petite sirah, albarino, to build a new community on the former such as Schloss Gobelsburg in Austria, graciano, barbera and viognier under the site of an 11th century monastery. They where the wine labels bear the words - seit marketing legend - Trappist Made Product. started making a tonic wine originally sold 1171 (since 1171). Today, an outsider makes The first vintage in 2002 yielded 10,000 as a medicine under the legend – “Three Gobelsburger Gruner Veltliner Kamptal and bottles and the monks have never looked small glasses a day, for good health and the famous “Tradition” wines. But until old back, regularly winning medals at state fairs lively blood”. age forced his resignation in the mid-90s, and major wine shows in San Francisco and Unfortunately, in recent years, Buckie as Father Bertram Baumann was viewed as Los Angeles. it’s become known, has become the drink the equivalent of Australia’s winemaking Cistercian and Benedictine monks have of choice for under-age binge drinkers in legend, Brother John May. a long tradition of wine making in France, the UK, particularly in deprived areas of Brother May is a Jesuit, of course, but Germany Spain and Italy. But if you are Scotland. According to media reports, the monks of New Norcia have continued after wine made by the other great branch Buckfast Abbey earned about $13 million the Benedictine tradition of wine making of Christianity - Orthodox - then head for in 2012, mainly from sales of its wine. in Western Australia. Famous for its wines Sarajevo. Or rather the Monastery of Tvrdos, It’s not just the alcohol content that’s and ports, New Norcia’s first bottlings were 120km south-east of the Bosnian capital. sparked the problem. One 750ml bottle produced in the mid-19th century under Founded by the Emperor Constantine in the of Buckfast contains about 280mg of the auspices of Founder Rosendo Salvado. fourth century, today’s monastery is part of caffeine - the source of its tonic effect - The venture became more professional an on-going revival kick started in the mid- fuelling a phenomenon called “wide-awake and the first non-monastic winemaker 1950s. The monks produce about 100,000 drunkenness”. was hired in 1917. But the golden era of bottles of red, rosé and white wines per There’s no such thing as bad publicity, it Benedictine Abbey Wines was presided year from eight local varietals, including seems. Buckfast has overtaken port and over by Austrian-born Gustel Schwarzbach, hum and ruj. sherry as Britain’s top-selling fortified wine who produced a full range of wines and Self-sufficiency was also the goal with no advertising support. Buckfast’s spirit from the late 1940s to 1973. of Maronite monks in Lebanon when abbot, David Charlesworth, counters Schwarzbach’s retirement led to the eight monasteries formed the Adyar calls for Buckie to be removed from the closure of the winery and New Norcia’s wine cooperative in 2003. Adyar means shelves with the argument common to all wine-making tradition was revived in the “monasteries” in Arabic and the label companies in the global wine industry. Any early noughties following a 30-year hiatus. produces the only fully certified Lebanese alcohol needs to be consumed responsibly The fruit for the abbey’s shiraz, cabernet, organic wine. (Available in Australia and the monks don’t make their tonic wine merlot and chardonnay wines is grown from graysonline.com.au.) Natural wine for it to be abused. Amen to that! Bubbles and more with tastings of sparkling/champagne, pinot noir, Hunter Valley, North East Victoria, n e x t i s s u e : Limestone Coast & Hawkes Bay (NZ). 154 W I N E S TAT E September/October 2015

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