Winestate Magazine July August 2016

contact detailsAUSTRIA Brygon Reserve Wines Latitude 34 Wine Co Patrick of Coonawarra Phone: +61 419 865 556 Phone: 08 9417 5633 Phone: 08 8737 3687Gesellmann Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]: 02613/80 360-0 Web: www.brygonreservewines.com.au Web: www.latitude34wine.com Web: www.patrickofcoonawarra.comEmail: [email protected]: www.gesellmann.at Coriole Vineyards Majella Wines Raidis Estate Phone: 08 8323 8305 Phone: 08 8736 3055 Phone: 08 8737 2966Hirsch Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]: +43 2735 2460 Web: www.coriole.com Web: www.majellawines.com.au Web: www.raidis.com.auEmail: [email protected]: www.weingut-hirsch.at God’s Hill Wines/Scalzi Wines Pty Ltd Mollydooker Wines Reschke Phone: 0412 836 004 Phone: 08 8323 6500 Phone: 08 8239 0500CABERNET AND BLENDS Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.godshillwines.com Web: www.mollydookerwines.com.au Web: www.reschke.com.auAldi StoresPhone: 02 9675 9382 Gralyn Estate Mount Cathedral Vineyards Scarpantoni Estate WinesEmail: [email protected] Phone: 08 9755 6245 Phone: 03 9440 6321 Phone: 08 8383 0186Web: www.aldiliquor.com.au Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.gralyn.com.au Web: www.mtcatherdralvineyards.com Web: www.scarpantoni-wines.com.auAndrew Peace WinesPhone: 03 5030 5291 Haselgrove Wines Mr RiggsEmail: [email protected] Phone: 08 8323 8706 Phone: 08 8383 2032Web: www.apwines.com Wmail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.haselgrove.com.auBabich Wines Nick Haselgrove WinesPhone: +64 9 833 7859 Koonara Coonawarra Wines Pty Ltd Phone: 08 8323 6124Email: [email protected] Phone: 08 8737 3222 Email: [email protected]: www.babichwines.co.nz Email: [email protected] Web: www.nhwines.com.au Web: www.koonara.com July/August 2016 W I N E S TAT E 151

contact detailsCLARE VALLEY AND SURROUNDS Vinrock TASMANIA Macaw Creek Wines Phone: +61 8 8408 8900 Phone: 0418 890 203Artwine Pty Ltd Email: [email protected] Emilia Wines Email: [email protected]: 08 8389 9399 Web: www.vinrock.com Phone: 0418 642 722 Web: www.macawcreekwines.com.auEmail: [email protected] Email: [email protected]: www.artwine.com.au Vok Beverages Web: www.emiliawines.com.au Rutherglen Estates Phone: 08 8182 1841 Phone: 02 6032 7999Cheviot Wine Group Email: [email protected] Iron Pot Bay Vineyard Email: [email protected]: 03 8656 7000 Web: www.vok.com.au Phone: 0407 724 511 Web: www.rutherglenestates.com.auEmail: matthew.lenergan@cheviotwinegroup. Email: [email protected] MERLOT AND BORDEAUX Web: www.ironpotbay.com.au ShinglebackWeb: www.cheviotwinegroup.com.au VARIETALS Phone: +61 8 8323 9199 Wines for Joanie Email: [email protected] Wines Mollydooker Wines Phone: 03 6394 7005 Web: www.shingleback.com.auPhone: 08 8849 2080 Phone: 08 8323 6500 Email: [email protected]: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.winesforjoanie.com.au Tamburlaine Organic WinesWeb: www.koonowla.com Web: www.mollydookerwines.com.au Phone: 02 4998 4200 BEST BUYS Email: [email protected] Wines NEW RELEASES Web: www.mywinery.comPhone: 08 8358 0480 Aldi StoresEmail: [email protected] Phone: 02 9675 9382 The Collective Wine CompanyWeb: www.reillyswines.com.au Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 2 9955 2008 Web: www.aldiliquor.com.au E: [email protected] Bridge Wines Aldi Stores W: www.thecollectivewinecompany.com.auPhone: 0428 813 701 Phone: 02 9675 9382 Australian Vintage Limited Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 08 8172 8333 Vok Beverages Web: www.aldiliquor.com.au Email: [email protected] Phone: 08 8182 1841 Web: www.avl.com.au Email: [email protected] VALE, LANGHORNE & Festival City Wine & Spirits Web: www.vok.com.auFLEURIEU Phone: 08 8349 1200 Bassham Wines Email: [email protected] Phone: 08 8588 1480 NZ RECENT RELEASEAngas Plains Wines Web: www.festivalcitywines.com.au Email: [email protected] Phone: 08 8537 3159 Web: www.basshamwines.com Folding Hill Wine CompanyEmail: [email protected] Hoggies Estate (Stentiford Pty Ltd) Phone: +64 3 489 6791Web: www.angasplainswines.com.au Phone: 0418 854 102 Brygon Reserve Wines Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 419 865 556 Web: www.foldinghill.co.nz Email: [email protected] Estate Ironwood Estate Web: www.brygonreservewines.com.au Glover Family Vineyard/ZephyrPhone: 0413 082 358 Phone: 08 9853 1126 Phone: +64 3 578 6200Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Clos Henri Vineyard Email: [email protected]: www.bellevueestate.com.au Phone: +64 3 572 7923 Web: www.zephyrwine.com Mollydooker Wines Email: [email protected] Farms/Shearer’s Hill Phone: 08 8323 6500 Web: www.closhenri.com Spy Valley WinesPhone: 0477 003 133 Email: [email protected] Phone: +64 3 572 9840Email: [email protected] Web: www.mollydookerwines.com.au CMV Farms/Shearer’s Hill Email: [email protected] Web: www.cmv.com.au Phone: 0477 003 133 Web: www.spyvalleywine.co.nz Email: [email protected]’Arenberg Pty Ltd ORGANIC WINES Web: www.cmv.com.au The Landing Wines LtdPhone: 08 8329 4825 Phone: +64 21 439 200Email: [email protected] 919 Wines Dabblebrook Wines Email: [email protected]: www.darenberg.com.au Phone: 0417 997 414 Phone: 0488 158 727 Web: www.thelandingvineyard.com Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Adams Wines Pty Ltd Web: www.919wines.com.au Web: www.dabblebrookwines.com SOUTH ISLAND (NELSON &Phone: 0419 807 165 CANTERBURY)Email: [email protected] Horner Wines Deep Woods EstateWeb: www.docadamswines.com.au Phone: 0427 201 391 Phone: 08 9756 6066 Bellbird Spring Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: +64 3314 6007Haselgrove Wines Web: www.deepwoods.com.au Email: [email protected]: 08 8323 8706 Rosnay Organic Wines Web: www.bellbirdspring.co.nzEmail: [email protected] Phone: 02 6344 3215 Ekhidna WinesWeb: www.haselgrove.com.au Email: [email protected] Phone: 08 8323 8496 Seifried Estate Web: www.rosnay.com.au Email: [email protected] Phone: +64 3 544 5599Mollydooker Wines Web: www.ekhidnawines.com.au Email: [email protected]: 08 8323 6500 Tamburlaine Organic Wines Web: www.seifried.co.nzEmail: [email protected] Phone: 02 4998 4200 Haselgrove WinesWeb: www.mollydookerwines.com.au Email: [email protected] Phone: 08 8323 8706 Web: www.mywinery.com Email: [email protected] Web: www.haselgrove.com.au152 W I N E S TAT E July/August 2016

A golden opportunity toexperience the best...The Winning Post Motor Inn and Charnwood Estate have cometogether to offer a delightful accommodation and experience package.If you enjoy experiencing warm country hospitality, fine food, fine service and fine wine, then letus treat you to the Wine and Dine package priced from $275 per person twin share, or upgradeto the deluxe room. Shiraz 2013The package features Gold Medal Winner• Two nights accommodation for each guest The Shiraz was in great condition when we• One dinner at ‘The Post’ Steakhouse & Bar handpicked on the 19th February, resulting• Complimentary bottle of wine with dinner in a wine of excellent standard. The Shiraz bunches were gently crushed and fermented• A full buffet breakfast each morning in small open vats, and maturation was in French and American Oak Hogsheads for 12• A half-day wine-tasting tour of months. This wine displays good complexity, award winning Mudgee wineries with forest fruits, and dark chocolate characters.The Winning Post Motor Charnwood Estate is Some otherInn offers a wide selection kicking big goals with its notable winesof accommodation in our Shiraz and Merlot. currentlynewly renovated units. available from As small and boutique as wineries CharnwoodGuests enjoy complimentary use come, Charnwood demanded Estate include.of the swimming pool and BBQ everyone’s attention when its 2009area and wifi internet. All rooms Charlie’s Row Merlot won against Merlot 2014now boast spacious sitting areas some higher profile wineries in theand superior posturepedic beds. 2011 Winewise Championship. The vintage of 2014We also offer our guests a lazy provided us with a drySunday checkout. Charnwood Estate is located on and warm growing season, a historic property just 5 minutes so we were able to produce fruitWe believe in going the extra mile from the centre of Mudgee and is of excellent quality. Hand harvestingfor our guests so contact us to nestled at the foot of the hills in took place on the 19th February, the earliestdiscuss your stay in Mudgee and the delightful Cudgegong Valley. we have ever picked our vineyard. This winehow we can make it memorable. displays fruit driven aromatics of red fruits, Phone: 02 6372 4577. and plum with generous and soft tanninsThe Post Steakhouse and Bar Email: [email protected] leading to a long finish.is open all week for dinner, withan abundant menu driven by Rosé 2015fresh local produce. Complementyour meal with a choice from a The juice for this rosé was extracted from thelarge selection of Mudgee wines Skins of our Shiraz and Merlot after 5 hoursincluding the award-winning to produce a lovely refreshing wine. Pale pinkCharnwood Estate. with spicey berry fruit leading to a lovely soft and elegant wine with a refreshing off dryPhone: 02 6372 3333. finish. Perfect for summer drinking, enjoy!Email: [email protected] Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2015 This 2015 vintage of our SSB is from Mudgee Semillon and Orange Sauvignon Blanc. It has typical Mudgee Semillon characters of freshly cut grass, and lemon zest, with the added passionfruit punch of the Sauvignon Blanc, a great marriage of two popular varieties.  20% As an exclusive offer to WinestateDeluxe room readers present this voucher on arrival SAVING and we will give you a 20% discount on purchase price of 4 bottles of wines from Charnwood Estate. Offer available until September 2016.

aftertasteELISABETH KINGTALKING TURKEY - EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAINTURKISH restaurants have long been a winesofturkey.org is an invaluable resource. to drink at home if at all. Any form of alcoholmainstay of the Australian dining scene. There’s a long road to hoe. Turkey ranks marketing within Turkey is prohibited - fromLocal kebab shops carved out a rep as ads through sponsorships and public winethe favourite go-tos for a cheap meal for sixth in the world for grape production, tastings.generations of students. But the bar has ahead of Chile and Argentina, but Turkishrisen significantly over the past few years wines only account for three per cent of That’s not to say that Istanbul doesn’t haveand Bosphorus breakfasts have become an global wine output. The major destinations some great wine bars and wine-focusedintegral part of the inner city brunch scene are Belgium, Germany and the UK, which all restaurants. Solera Winery has a great line-in Sydney and Melbourne. have sizeable Turkish communities. up from leading boutique wineries - over 1000 in total. Corvus Wine & Bite is another The Ottoman in Canberra, a one-hatted The US is very much on the radar for must-stop for wine lovers, serving only winesstalwart for the nation’s pollies for over a similar reason. Just as restaurateurs from the Corvus Vineyard on the Aegean.20 years, offers Penfolds Grange and in Australia, Germany and the UK have Sensus Wine and Cheese Boutique isHenschke Hill of Grace. Sydney’s Efendy been instrumental in getting the new breed owned by the Anemon Hotel Group and overand Stanbuli, Koy in Melbourne and The Turkish wines in front of their customers, 380 Turkish wines await your consideration.Burek Lounge in Adelaide all fly the flag for their American counterparts are equallycontemporary Turkish food that goes way enthusiastic. Ankara, the plushest Turkish Such strictures haven’t stopped Turkishbeyond a pide and kofte filler. Like head chef restaurant in Washington, recently partnered winemakers from investing in newHuseyin Ozer, at Sofra in Covent Garden, with sommelier Andrew Stover, one of Wine technology and hiring international wineone of London’s top Turkish eateries, these Enthusiast’s Top 40 Under 40 Tastemakers, consultants to continue their campaign torestaurants are on a mission to upturn the to create a wine list with an emphasis on popularise Turkish wines abroad. As in manymyths of their country’s cuisine. grape varieties found only in Turkey - emir, countries, dedicated boutique wineries have narince, kalecik chars and bogazker. Over nipped at the heels of the “big five” leading Turkey’s winemakers are on a similar quest. 60 are grown commercially and pioneering wine producers to create a rising tide thatLike many ancient winegrowing regions, wineries have rescued some from the brink lifts everyone’s game. Overseas sales arethe country’s wine fortunes took a dive of extinction. rising again, buoyed by the trend of morewhen the Ottomans conquered Byzantium upmarket Turkish restaurants in Australia,in the 15th century. That doesn’t stop the “Many of the Turkish wines on the list are the US and major European countries,Turks claiming a wine history dating back indigenous grape varietals that are unknown reaching 2.6 million litres in 2014.anywhere from 6000 to 11,000 years. to most guests, but they offer comparativeAlcohol is not forbidden in Turkey but taxes flavours to some of the internationally grown But Australians should give a tip of the hatare high by local standards, and most grape varietals with which they are familiar,” to the Sevilen Winery in Izmir. Dating backdomestic consumption goes to beer and explains Stover. A comment I can endorse to 1942, when Isa Guner, an ethnic Turkraki, the aniseed spirit nicknamed “lion’s after enjoying a Turasan Kalecik Karasi from Bulgaria, saw the region’s outstandingmilk”. Demand from millions of tourists from Cappadocia, a medium-bodied fruity potential for wine production, the company’scontributed to a rapid rise in wine production red with a bright acidity. The novelty factor facility is state-of-the-art. The Aegean regionin Turkey, but exports are viewed as the aside, nearly all the grape varieties most accounts for just over 50 per cent of Turkey’sprime golden goose. Westerners do know, including chardonnay, wine production and Sevilen also operates in cabernet sauvignon and shiraz, have also Anatolia. A prime mover in lifting the profile Turkish wines used to be a byword for gained a strong foothold in Turkey since the of Turkish wines in Australia, the companylow quality plonk. But there’s been such resurgence of the wine industry. teams with upmarket restaurants around thea renaissance over the past 20 years that country to spread the word. After a glass ofmajor wine promotions have been staged But with all the talk of growth in the US Sevilen Premium Chardonnay - I’m sold!in London and New York, and Turkish wines market and testing the waters in China andhave become regular medal winners at the Hong Kong, the Turkish wine industry has hitmajor international wine shows. About 30 of something of a plateau, says The Economistthe leading wine companies, including the magazine. Production doubled from 2006Kavaklidere Wine Company, the oldest and to 2010 to 58 million litres but, althoughbest-known winery in the country, formed the the Turkish government subsidises thepromotional platform - Wines of Turkey - to promotion of wine exports, it doesn’t wantspur export growth. For anyone interested the locals to increase their alcohol intake ofin beefing up their knowledge of Turkish 1.6 litres per head, per year. Raki was thewines, the association’s website - www. favourite drink of Kemal Ataturk, the father of the nation, but his successors prefer Turksnext issue: Que syrah syrah or que shiraz shiraz? We just like to drink it! And there’s a lot to enjoy with the results of the Mainfreight World’s Greatest Syrah/Shiraz Challenge XI. Also, featuring tastings of semillon & blends; River Regions; Yarra Valley & Southern Victoria, Otago (NZ); new release wines and some amazing brandy, cognac and armagnacs.154 W I N E S TAT E July/August 2016

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