tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969822321136521224.post5867676892961892131..comments2021-08-03T18:07:46.816+10:00Comments on Red to Brown Wine Review: Australia's Old Vines - Our Unique InheritanceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969822321136521224.post-87972092645861095662011-03-14T12:54:25.395+11:002011-03-14T12:54:25.395+11:00The Old Hill also forms the backbone of the Mauric...The Old Hill also forms the backbone of the Maurice O'Shea Shiraz.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />MichaelCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969822321136521224.post-67104516674287875282011-03-07T20:19:41.225+11:002011-03-07T20:19:41.225+11:00Thanks Paul. I'm slowly collating a more compr...Thanks Paul. I'm slowly collating a more comprehensive list and will put it up on the blog at a later date.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360328831125971369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969822321136521224.post-20826891720323703602011-03-07T11:43:32.877+11:002011-03-07T11:43:32.877+11:00Great article. I will get to your blog more often....Great article. I will get to your blog more often.<br />If you include vineyards over 100 years old then add the Homes vineyard used in the Les Amis, planted in 1901 and the Hobbs vineyard planted in 1905.<br />Paul DowniePaul Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16166719243851432588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969822321136521224.post-42737415623437419232011-02-24T19:44:36.363+11:002011-02-24T19:44:36.363+11:00Whoa! Big oversight on my part. Thanks Chris.
Let...Whoa! Big oversight on my part. Thanks Chris.<br /><br />Let's hope increased recognition means there are no further Stony Hill like stories.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360328831125971369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969822321136521224.post-62907147112075767262011-02-24T19:13:24.419+11:002011-02-24T19:13:24.419+11:00Just going over your list again Red and I notice y...Just going over your list again Red and I notice you've left out my favourite century+ old vineyard; Wendouree. Should be celebrating its 120th birthday next year or the year after, depending on whom your source is. :)<br /><br />I also notice you didn't include Reynella's Stony Hill, the first vineyard planted in the Southern Vales in 1838, oh wait a minute, make that Devine Home's Housing Estate Vineyard. Boooo!!!! :(<br /><br />Sorry to bring up a downer but I think it re-iterates your point Red; Australia's old vineyards deserve greater recognition by all. Not the least of which are our local housing developers.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Chris PChris Plummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01038102858732379506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969822321136521224.post-49697943007331196752011-02-16T22:37:01.064+11:002011-02-16T22:37:01.064+11:00Sean, fortunately I think the trend is towards mor...Sean, fortunately I think the trend is towards more and more of these vineyards being bottled as single vineyard wines, rather than blended away (especially when you look at the above list of wines). Let's hope it continues.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360328831125971369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969822321136521224.post-21738641061269007542011-02-16T14:13:14.855+11:002011-02-16T14:13:14.855+11:00I agree it is important to know about these old vi...I agree it is important to know about these old vine wines. I wonder how much old vine fruit out there just disappears into blends and/or some of the boutique labels we see now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969822321136521224.post-41517009328937915732011-02-15T20:58:02.302+11:002011-02-15T20:58:02.302+11:00Cheers AG.
Interesting about the Trebbiano, and m...Cheers AG.<br /><br />Interesting about the Trebbiano, and makes you wonder how many other examples like that are out thereRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360328831125971369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969822321136521224.post-38322398733090562302011-02-15T19:45:02.475+11:002011-02-15T19:45:02.475+11:00There is a list out there that I think Bruce Tyrre...There is a list out there that I think Bruce Tyrrell was helping compile that documented all the old vines in the Hunter. Would you believe that there are century old Trebbiano vines out there?<br /><br />It's a story that we need to celebrate more than we currently do (our old vine heritage that is). <br /><br />Good work sir.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01849754852205446845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969822321136521224.post-31364020343068305282011-02-14T21:22:40.590+11:002011-02-14T21:22:40.590+11:00Stu, thanks for the comments. I think most of thes...Stu, thanks for the comments. I think most of these wines sell well, but my point is more about the broader image and perception of Australian wine. Greater knowledge of our old vine heritage would in my opinion have benefits well beyond the immediate wines it applies to, in the same way wines from Bordeaux benefit from the reputation of its most famous estates.<br /><br />The narrative does exist in Australia, but I would argue only amongst wine tragics like ourselves, and even then it is not well documented. Move a bit broader and I don't think many people would make the association/connection between Australian wine and old vines.<br /><br />Of course the selfish bargain-hunter in me would be happy to continue to buy 4 Acres Shiraz at $45 a bottle, but conversely the parochial, proud Aussie in me wants the world to know the story.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360328831125971369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8969822321136521224.post-71073127015326329632011-02-14T10:17:21.108+11:002011-02-14T10:17:21.108+11:00I wonder how many of these wines are exported and ...I wonder how many of these wines are exported and indeed how many have trouble selling?<br /><br />Rightful place place on the shelves? If we're talking mass-market then in the UK that means removing the Jacob's Creek/ Oxford Landing mass blend types retailing at 5GBP. Sorry to bag these two but they are to me the de-facto 'villains' in this piece.<br /><br />Although I go back to my earlier question that is do any of these upper-echelon wines need to be sold overseas? Or is there sufficient demand in Australia for them? I think the narrative already exists here in Australia.<br /><br />I don't have the answers, but I often get a little worked up by these commentator types seeing the Aus wine industry as one homogeneous mass.Stu.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13740407665382016460noreply@blogger.com