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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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#V24, the 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 #V24, the state of play
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World’s Best Sommeliers’ Selection 2024: 2019 La Longa Sangiovese
The World’s Best Sommeliers’ Selection 2024 has officially been unveiled! We have some exciting news about our 2019 La Longa Sangiovese… Continue reading World’s Best Sommeliers’ Selection 2024: 2019 La Longa Sangiovese
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2023 Vintage Report
The season leading up to the 2023 vintage was, in many ways very similar to the two which preceded it. The winter of 2022 was typified by wet conditions, which didn’t allow many frosts to occur which normally breaks the weather into fine sunny days with cold nights.
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Halliday 2024 Viticulturist of the Year!
On the evening of August 02, 2023, Mark Walpole was awarded the 2024 Halliday Wine Companion, Viticulturist of the Year.
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Alternative History
Beechworth’s own Mark Walpole recently took out the inaugural Viticulturist of the Year award at the Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show (AAVWS) – granted in recognition of his ongoing contribution to the development of alternative varieties in Australia. The award gave him cause to reflect on the birth of alternative varieties in Australia, and the role that wine shows play in it.
