South West Life

One of the things I love about my job in the wine business, besides getting to taste some extraordinarily good wine from all over the place, is that I also get to meet some interesting and genuinely great people in charge of producing some of the wine I have the good fortune to taste.

Ferngrove have been producing wine in Frankland River since its inception in 1998.  In the short amount of time between then and now, they have built their reputation as a leading premium wine producer in the region.  

Xanadu Wines, of Margaret River, have cleaned up at the 2010 Macquarie Group Sydney Royal Wine Show, which was held on the 1– 4 February, 2010.

Last review I gave a little introduction to Amberley Estate and the Chimney Brush range that they produce.  The Chenin Blanc is clearly a winner amongst West Aussie wine drinkers, so I thought that this time I should spend a little time looking at one of the red wines in the range – the Chimney Brush 2007 Shiraz.

Amberley Estate is a bit of an icon in the Western Australian wine game.  Founded in 1985, they have been producing quality wine in Margaret River since 1990, their first vintage.

Truffle Hill Wines, from Manjimup, have taken out the Trophy for Best White Blend at the Timber Towns Regional Wine Show.  It was the Truffle Hill Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2009 that was selected to be the best of the best in the White Blend category from a competition that spans the Manjimup, Pemberton and Blackwood Valley wine regions. 

I have just discovered two little gems that perhaps many of you are not aware of.  Seven Day Road is a label produced by Fonty’s Pool Wines, primarily for the export market.  These two wines, aptly named after the road the property is on, were a nice little surprise, and a steal at $11.99 – fantastic value!