Bryan Martin, ( assistant winemaker to Tim Kirk at Clonakilla) will be attending and pouring the wines. Bryan will also be showing his fine Ravensworth wines from nearby vineyards. Bryan’s passion for wine and food is infectious -he has dual wine science and winegrowing degrees from CSU, is a wine show judge and has had a past life as a chef.

Winewriter, Max Allen is a huge fan of Clonakilla wines and describes them as: “ ..some of the country’s most breathtakingly beautiful wines” Excellent wines and pioneers of shiraz viognier which remains the best example in Australia. A great opportunity to taste the best of Murrumbateman wines.

Tasting will be held on Thursday June 11 and we will be showcasing wines from Clonakilla and Ravensworth wines. Fun and informal stand up tasting, cheese platters on Thursday evening 11 June $25 per person 630-830pm Places limited. Bookings essential. Castlereagh Boutique Hotel at 169 Castlereagh St Sydney.

Tel: 02 9908 4994 email rhys@thevinepress.com

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Back in June we held a fantastic tasting of two exciting new producers that we are thrilled to now stock here at The Vine Press, online wine retailer based in Sydney. Harewood Estate from WA’s Great Southern region and Teusner Wines from the Barossa.

I am just back from wine adventures in the Great Southern wine region, WA (5 hours drive south-east of Perth). One of the highlights was visiting Harewood Estate in Denmark. It is rare to get excited about every wine you taste but it happened here! James Kellie cut his teeth as winemaker at Howard Park before he and his family purchased the vineyard in 2003. Hard work is paying off with extraordinary success in 5 years receiving trophies galore and the elusive 5 red star rating (the highest recognition possible from Australia’s most influential wine critic James Halliday awarded to only the top 6.5% of wineries).

We also showcased Kym Teusner’s Barossa wines. Kym’s Rhone inspired reds are so impressive he was recently crowned Gourmet Traveller Young Winemaker of Year. After cutting his teeth for years at Torbreck and Rolf Binder, his recipe is simple it’s all about the ingredients! Top notch fruit from low yielding non-irrigated old Barossa vines

It was a fun night of tasting, cheese platters and special offers on these great wines in the heart of the Sydney CBD.

We’ll keep you posted on our next event.  Watch our website thevinepress.com for details.

Rhys.