This is my first release 'tsw' Shiraz. It's my 'Reserve' Shiraz, and I've selected fruit from my two favorite Shiraz regions in Australia, the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale, equal parts of each. Aged in New French Oak for 2 years. Matured on it's yeast lees ,with no racking, fining or filtration before bottling.

The 2009 Adelaide Hills Viognier is now available for purchase. I'm really happy with the way the wine is evolving. This year, the wine is from a single vineyard in the small Adelaide Hills town of Gumeracha. While I make no claim to it being organically produced, the facts are that the vineyard is operated on organic principles. The wine is made using a combination of yeasts, including some 'wild' or indigenous yeasts, and part of the wine is fermented in 1 year old French oak barrels. The wine has great texture, and is not overblown with the 'apricots on steroids' character I detest in some Australian Viogniers.I hope you enjoy the result of this years work in getting the wine into more of a 'house style'..

Unlike most ‘GSM’ style wines this wine is predominantly made from Mataro (or, Mourvedre), with lesser percentages of Grenache and Shiraz. I’ve always been a big fan of the Mataro grape, and the wines of Bandol in the South of France, so I’ve unashamedly modelled this wine on that regions wines, with a ‘New World’ slant..The new release 2008 MGS is a blend of Mataro (60%), Grenache (24%) and Shiraz (16%).