Our friends Deniz and Kylie at Cuvee Chocolate know all things chocolate. We use their chocolates for our Chocolate and Wine Matching tasting experience and so when we reached out for a recipe ahead of Easter, they had just the thing! With pears ripe for the picking, they have shared this recipe for red…
[view the story as a PDF] The 2018 Command Shiraz is finally available, and it is not to be missed! As a vintage, the 2018 growing season started off well, with winter rainfall around 10% higher than average. However, spring rainfall was down by about a quarter and December was about half of the Barossa…
[download a PDF of this recipe] In May we are teaming up with Justin Miles, Executive Chef at Windy Point restaurant for a five course dinner matched to our wines. In case you aren’t able to join us, Justin has kindly shared a recipe for you to cook at home. This will match beautifully with…
[view the story as a PDF] 2019 really was a tough year for the Ashmead family’s iconic Nuriootpa vineyard. For the first time in the 40 years of Ashmead family involvement with the property, the vineyard was hit with multiple catastrophic frosts. This ensured yields were down by approximately 70% right across this prized vineyard…
[view story as a PDF] As we’ve mentioned previously, both the 2019 and 2020 vintages were about 60 – 70% down in average yields. If you are interested in our 2019 and 2020 wines, please stock your cellar as the wines are released so that you do not miss out. If you have…
[view the story as a PDF] VINTAGE 2022 As we navigate vintage 2022, we are extremely excited by the prospect of receiving some remarkable fruit from Peter, Conrad and Steve in the vineyards (and hopefully some good quantities as well.) Brock and Jules have high expectations for the new harvest. Although Brock recently broke his…
This Saturday is Open That Bottle Night. Intrigued?
The point of this wine movement around the world is that we shouldn’t save all our ‘good’ wines for a special occasion – that we should enjoy them when they’re still drinking well.
by Jess Ruciack and Cameron Malouf To decant or not to decant… this is a question we often receive at Elderton regarding our red wines. Firstly, what is decanting? It is the function of pouring a bottle of wine into another glass container and serves two main purposes: keeping sediment out of your glass, and aerating…
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 summer, 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 area –…
Do you love cheese as much as we do? Great! Cheese is so good, and is a great match for a relaxed afternoon of wine tasting. So when the Barossa Valley Cheese Company asked if we’d like to be part of their Barossa Cheese and Wine Trail we said, “Heck, yes!” You can now…
