Bendigo Wine Region News
NEWLY RELEASED WINE COMPANION GIVES RECOGNITION TO BENDIGO WINES.
25 July 2007
The 2008 edition of James Halliday’s Australian
Wine Companion was released yesterday and it has delivered some impressive
results for the Bendigo Winegrowers Association and the region.
James Halliday is well-regarded as Australia’s top
wine judge. He is a respected wine
critic, book writer and vigneron. His
career has spanned forty years and to receive a positive review from him is
seen as a mark of approval in the Australian wine industry.
His annual book is Australia’s most definitive and
well-respected guide to wines in this country.
In James Halliday’s assessment of the best wineries
for the 2008 edition, four association wineries received five black stars,
which denotes “outstanding winery capable of producing wines of a very high
quality and did so this year”. These four wineries are Balgownie Estate, Knots Wines, Sandhurst Ridge and Turner’s Crossing
Vineyard.
And Pondalowie Vineyards received the top accolade
for a winery with five red stars, which denotes “outstanding winery regularly
producing wines of exemplary quality and typicity”.
His assessment of individual wines from the region
also yielded some exceptional results with the most impressive being a rating
of 96 points for the 2004 Turner’s Crossing Vineyard ‘The Cut’ Shiraz. Only three Shiraz wines rated higher with
these receiving 97 points and including the 2002 Penfolds Grange.
“As a wine region, we are thrilled with the
response from James Halliday this year,” said Paul Greblo, President, Bendigo
Winegrowers Association. “Of the 30
wineries in our association who appear in the book, 22 had wines scoring 90 and
over; this is seen as one key benchmark to quality.”
Wineries with wines scoring 90 points and over include
Balgownie Estate, Belvoir Park Estate, Big Hill Vineyard, BlackJack Vineyards, Chaperon
Wines, Chateau Leamon, Connor Park Winery, Glenalbyn, Glenwillow Vineyard,
Harcourt Valley Vineyard, Knots Wines, Lake Cairn Curran Vineyard, Langanook
Wines, Mandurang Valley Wines, Newbridge Wines, Nuggetty Winery, Passing
Clouds, Pondalowie Vineyards, Rivergate Wines, Sandhurst Ridge, Turner’s
Crossing Vineyard and Water Wheel Vineyard.
ENDS………..
For more interviews or
photos with winegrowers please contact Aileen Walsh on 0407
706769 or visit www.bendigowine.org.au
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