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James Suckling: Top 100 Wines of Australia
James Suckling’s Associate editor Ryan Montgomery, recently published the Top 100 Wines of Australia: December 13 2024. Listing the Top 100 Wines of Australia Ryan’s list includes 51 red wines, with 45 whites; and they are joined by two sparkling, one fortified, and one dessert wine. Continue reading James Suckling: Top 100 Wines of Australia
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Goldilocks grapes: Winning Magazine
Finding alternatives to common wine varieties that are better suited to Australian conditions could be vital to the industry’s future.
By Jeni Port, inside the December Issue of Winning Magazine.
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Young Gun of Wine: Australia’s Best Tempranillo
Recently (December 06, 2024), the Young Gun of Wine team decided to revisit a Tempranillo-focused tasting…some three years on from their inaugural ‘Deep Dive into Tempranillo’ in 2021.
Exerts from the article can be found below, or read the full article here. Continue reading Young Gun of Wine: Australia’s Best Tempranillo
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North East Victorian Wine Challenge: 2024 Results
From November 20 – 22nd the North East Victorian Wine Challenge (NEVWC) takes place in the unassuming, yet perfectly placed Myrtleford Bowls Club, Myrtleford. A wine challenge that calls on all those wines with fruit sourced only from one of North East wine regions: Alpine Valleys, Beechworth, Glenrowan, King Valley, and Rutherglen. Continue reading North East Victorian Wine Challenge: 2024 Results
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Our new Europa Vineyard in Stanley, Victoria
Introducing our new Europa Vineyard. Europa is located up near Stanley, and has only just been planted. The grape varieties in this vineyard are Petit Arvine, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir.
Our Europa Vineyard has been planted primarily to chardonnay, on red Dermosol soils, which are free-draining and perfect for white varieties on a south-east facing slope. Europa will be the highest vineyard owned by Fighting Gully Road, with an elevation of between 700-750m above sea level; and is the site for our newly imported variety – Petit Arvine, which is found at home in the Aosta valley in north-west Italy and over the border in Switzerland. Continue reading Our new Europa Vineyard in Stanley, Victoria
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Fighting Gully Road in Halliday Top 100 Wineries
In the annual Halliday Wine Companion Top 100 Wineries, we have been lucky enough to be included in this years list!
Fighting Gully Road has been ranked 77th, and are incredibly proud of this achievement. No only have we been able to secure the Top Five-Star winery rating this year (which refers to a winery with a long track record of excellence, having held a five-star rating continuously for at least 10 years…the best of the best in Australia), but we’ve also been included in this years Halliday Top 100 Winery list. We’ve been here since 1997, so its nice to get this recognition from the Halliday tasting team. Our aim is to deliver premium wines, consistently, that speak of terroir, and of the season in which they have come. With some challenging vintages of late, it’s nice to see we’re still being recognised for excellence. Continue reading Fighting Gully Road in Halliday Top 100 Wineries
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Halliday: Five Red-red Winery Star-rating
2025 Halliday Wine Companion has awarded Fighting Gully Road the coveted five red-red winery star rating aka Top Five-Star rating, or those with the printed Companion: Where the winery same itself is printed in red; refers to a winery with a long track record of excellence, having held a five-star rating continuously for at least 10 years…the best of the best in Australia! Continue reading Halliday: Five Red-red Winery Star-rating
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Deep Dive: Australia’s Best Sangiovese
Recently, the Young Gun of Wine team decided to revisit a Sangiovese-focused tasting…some five years on from their inaugural ‘Deep Dive into Sangiovese’ in 2019.
Exerts from the article can be found below, or read the full article here. Continue reading Deep Dive: Australia’s Best Sangiovese
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2024 Vintage Report
Well, the 2023/24 growing season kicked off very much like the couple preceding it – cool and wet! However, budburst was earlier, which thankfully meant that the commencement of harvest was also brought forward by a couple of weeks. Continue reading 2024 Vintage Report
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2024 Vintage, and harvest state of play
It’s a warm Thursday in February, 2024, the vines are heavy (well most), and several of our neighbours have already commenced picking their fruit. Continue reading 2024 Vintage, and harvest state of play
