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…
[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…
[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…
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 Karli Currie With October being the ‘Month of Celebrating Eden Valley Riesling’ in the Barossa we thought it only fair to share some love for the unsung hero that it is. In 2017 the Eden Valley produced only about 1347 tonnes of Riesling fruit, so whilst not a huge production the wines are well…
