Time on The Granite Belt is now very precious to us in escaping a large home renovation and also because our 13 year old daughter Aria is entirely disinterested – … Read more
Given that 2024 appears to be a very good vintage for Shiraz wines on The Granite Belt I thought it was time to share a little company with this wine.… Read more
It was looking like there would be no Granite Belt Diaries this year as my life is ridiculously crowded and enveloped in an ocean of still unfolding uncertainty. I’ve decided … Read more
It’s a shame that a hail storm cut a swathe through the Golden Grove vineyard in the 2023 vintage and wiped out their Mourvèdre fruit because both 2023 reds and … Read more
Again, just like the 2023 Sangiovese, nice to see the fruit source ‘Riverland’ is identified on the front label.
I’ve taken a few more pictures to try and give an … Read more
There isn’t a lot of Nebbiolo in the ground on The Granite Belt as it is less suited the regions climatic conditions than other varieties however this don’t mean that … Read more
2017 wasn’t a great vintage across the region for red wines as Cyclone Debbie produced a rain laden slow moving low. Fortunately for white grapes they had all been harvested … Read more
Sagrantino is one of my favourite varieties so I have been genuinely looking forward to trying this wine. The varieties spiritual home is Montefalco in Umbria. Often the tannin management … Read more
There’s not a lot of Nebbiolo in The Granite Belt, the current Strangebird Trail info lists Ballandean Estate, rokkwell and Boireann wineries. Now we have to add the Dear Vincent … Read more
A slightly deeper straw colour than the 2024 Hidden Creek Verdelho. Lovely lifted aromatics of citrus and …
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