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There are currently only 12 Australian Wineries making Pinotage so it’s not a variety you’ll encounter often locally. However if you do enjoy Pinot Noir and wines with a genuine … Read more

Wild fermented in 50% new French Oak for 6 months and 50% in tank with cultivated yeast. I suspect the oak was cured with water rather than heat, the water … Read more

There was no 2020 Tempranillo due to the drought, Mark made a joven style Nero D’Avola instead. With the upcoming release of the 2021 Tempranillo I thought I’d have a … Read more

A glass full of elegant light ruby hues and gleaming red cherries, just what you want to encounter in a Bistro Style Sangiovese built to match food. This very young … Read more

Mostly Sangiovese fruit with some other local GI fruit in the mix. The greater volume of fruit came from Duncan Ferrier’s rather excellent Rosemary Hill Vineyard.

Deep reddish pink in … Read more

Mostly Estate fruit and all Granite Belt GI fruit. Interesting to follow the 2021 Granite Belt Vintage, due to more rain events during March veraison I suspect the whites may … Read more

Made with local GI fruit and from the excellent 2018 vintage. Mark’s genes are South African but I suspect his long exposure to The Granite Belt has influenced his epigenetic … Read more

I was really looking forward to the Ravenscroft Wines 2018 Pinotage but Mark lost most of his 2018 Pinotage grapes to hail and made a rosé instead. So here we … Read more