19 Oct 2017 – Royal Melbourne Wine Awards The soon-to-be released 2016 Grampians GST (Grenache Shiraz Tempranillo) has bought home a gold medal from Australia’s premier wine awards. This made it eligible for the prestigious Jimmy Watson Trophy. We missed out on the big one, which was won by a similar wine Turkey Flat 2016…
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The recently released 2018 James Halliday Wine Companion has continued its ‘5 red star rating’ for Grampians Estate putting in the top 8% of wineries in Australia. To achieve this rating, wineries need to have a minimum of two wines over 95 points for three years in a row. These wineries are described as an “outstanding…
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Two trophies and a top Gold. In a first for the Grenache, the 2015 Grampians Grenache won the Trophy for Best Dry Red – Other Variety. This class of 42 wines included Tempranillo, Sangiovese, Malbec, Mataro, Cab Franc, Barbera, Petit Verdot and various new varieties. Prior to the 1960s, Grenache was the most popular planted…
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Dine in the Vines November 4-7, 2017 The fifth Seriously Shiraz in the Grampians festival held over the Melbourne Cup long weekend will feature daily events at the Grampians Estate cellar door, along with more than 20 events across the Grampians Wine Region. Grampians wineries will host a wide variety of ticketed events including masterclasses,…
Details‘World’s Greatest Shiraz’ challenge… the Top 10 winners with Penfolds Grange at the peak ~ and Victorians nudging the top five Winestate Magazine today announced the winner of what is the world’s biggest independent and professionally managed tasting and judging of Shiraz/Syrah wines. And an expected ‘Top 10’ actually became 12, with two Equal Placings that saw three Victorian…
DetailsGrampians/Henty: Star cellar door and cellar door with best food The Grampians Estate cellar door, Great Western Wine Centre will be familiar to many a wine drinker. The modest building set close to the highway as you enter the town of Great Western was originally the cellar door for Garden Gully Wines, a project started in…
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