by Jess Ruciack 1 March is an exciting day on the Elderton calendar. It is annually on this date that we release the newest vintages of the Command Shiraz and Ashmead Cabernet Sauvignon! Allister Ashmead, Co-Managing Director of Elderton, notes, “It is the day where the results of many years of hard work come to…
by Jess Ruciack On Sunday, 18 February at the 2018 Declaration of Vintage, the Barons of Barossa named our winemaker Richard Langford 2018 Barossa Winemaker of the Year. The Declaration of Vintage is held on the third Sunday of February each year. For this occasion, the Barons of Barossa come together in Tanunda and celebrate the…
by Karli Currie If you hear the name “Elderton Wines” you think of our Barossa Shiraz right? Or perhaps our Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon and its significant win of the Jimmy Watson Trophy years ago comes to mind, either way I am pretty sure a sweet wine is not the first thing that appears in your…
by Cameron Ashmead BLOGTIME! It has been 4 months since my last light-hearted blog and soooo much as happened. In that time we have only opened our new stunning Cellar Door, had a major tennis tournament at said Cellar Door, even celebrated Christmas, had a well-earned summer break and even mourned (not literally luckily) losing…
We love Christmas time here at Elderton Wines. Time for fun, friends, family and most importantly good wine and food! We do however understand that it can also be a stressful time of the year, and we have a few ‘Elderton Help Aids’… Firstly, time… where does it go? Between the children finishing up at…
I fully recognise and admit that I am very fortunate getting to travel the world to talk all things Elderton, it normally gives rise to meeting some great people and a few fun stories here and there. I have just landed back in Australia after spending 2 weeks on the road in the US. One…
On Sunday the 12th of November 2017 we are excitingly introducing a new event to our winery diary. With wineries quite often searching for unique events that allow them to share their wine, hospitality and stories with their customers, old and new, we feel this is going to be something pretty special. A mixed doubles…
A bit of change of pace this blog instalment. After 3 years of planning, it is finally starting to take shape. If unsure, we are talking about our new Cellar Door that hopefully will be revealed officially in October sometime. After travelling the world looking at cellar doors as far flung as Eden Valley, Europe,…
Jules and I have just landed back from a week in southern England. Admittedly we were a bit worried before travelling with some of the incidents that have happened there in the last 3 months, but truth be told we had no reason at all to fear anything in hindsight. It is such an incredible…
Every year post vintage our winemaker Richard, our viticulturist Peter Wild, Al and I venture off into the great unknown and go and investigate a wine region (purely for educational purposes of course). This is now a 3 year tradition. Last year we were wowed by the Disneyland like features of the Hunter and the…
