by Allister Ashmead On 27 May we held another tasting in our Retrospective Series. We opened a number of selected museum wines from our cellar to see where these wines are in their evolution. Today we are sharing our tasting notes about the wines we opened! If you love museum wines, our Retrospective Series tastings…
Today is Chardonnay Day, being celebrated around the world, so we thought it was the perfect time to chat about food matches to enjoy with Chardonnay. Chardonnay, like any variety, can be produced in many different styles. From a fruit-driven, unoaked style through to heavily oaked, and of course as a sparkling wine, the perfect…
by Jess Ruciack The Barossa is a fantastic place to visit year-round, with each season having its own perks. If you are planning on visiting the Barossa this winter, we’ve put together some information that might be handy and some insider tips and thoughts on what to see and do while you’re here enjoying the…
by the Cellar Door Team This winter we invite you to enjoy a very special limited edition of our Shiraz Masterclass. The Barossa is world renowned for Shiraz for a very good reason. In this insightful Masterclass, we explore the diversity of Shiraz and the distinctive characteristics of five wines, all estate grown. This special…
by Allister Ashmead On 22 April we held another tasting in our Retrospective Series, opening some museum wines from our cellar to see where these wines are in their evolution. Today we are sharing our tasting notes about the museum wines we opened. If you love museum wines, our Retrospective Series tastings at our Barossa…
by Allister Ashmead We recently opened some museum wines from our cellar and were interested to see where these wines are in their evolution. Today we are sharing our tasting notes about the museum wines we opened. If you love museum wines, our Retrospective Series tastings at our Barossa Cellar Door look at museum wines…
[view the story as a PDF] We continue to invest in the future of Elderton. Late last year the Ashmead family was ecstatic to hear the news that we were the successful bidder on one of the Barossa’s most remarkable vineyards. Perched high up on the Eden Valley side of Mengler Hill, the vineyard…
[view the story as a PDF] PRE-VINTAGE THOUGHTS FROM BROCK A cool and wet start to spring set up our four magnificent vineyard sites nicely heading into summer and the 2023 vintage. The cooler conditions resulted in flowering across all of our Barossa and Eden Valley sites being around 2 – 3 weeks later…
[view story as a PDF] If you have any questions about our wines, please contact our Cellar Door team on 08 8568 7878 or by email. 2019 COMMAND SHIRAZ *new vintage* Command is truly an expression of place, and we are proud to be the current custodians of a rare piece…
The first of March brings us the newest release of our Command Shiraz – from vintage 2019. This is the 33rd Command since the inaugural vintage way back in 1984. The Command Shiraz block proudly sits in front of our original family homestead and now cherished Cellar Door. Over the four decades that we…
