Harvest 2010 is nearly completed, we just have a small amount of Shiraz and Zinfandel grapes remaining to be harvested.
Our winemaker - Andre Bondar has given us his thoughts on the 2010 vintage to date;
“Harvest conditions have been outstanding with very cool nights and warm days, more like late autumn than the end of summer. The juices look excellent with high natural acid and loads of fresh, clean primary fruit character. The reds have begun to come in as well, with the first Pinots fermenting away right now. Although it is early to tell with these wines, the fruit certainly looked excellent with great balanced canopies and healthy, ripe bunches. All in all it’s early days but 2010 could be a very good vintage in the Adelaide Hills.”
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The first Sunday session for 2010 will be on Sunday March the 7th (this is a long weekend in S.A.) We have a new Adelaide music talent to entertain us - the Liz Tobias Duo, can’t wait to check out all that Jazz! There will also be the wood oven pizza’s from Woodbake of Stirling, and all our wines by the glass and bottle. So if you are looking for something to do on Sunday the 7th, come up to the Nepenthe Cellar Door at Jones Road in Balhannah, there is a map on our website www.nepenthe.com.au
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We were delighted to be the wine sponsor for the World Tennis Challenge in Adelaide. The WTC is a unique team competition between four countrie featuring one current and one past player for each team. The format has been well received in Adelaide with the event selling out for the last two nights. John McEnroe headlined this years event and was joined by Robby Ginepri, Pat Cash, Benard Tomic, Patrick Rafter, Radek Stepanek, Gilles Simon and Henri Leconte.
John McEnroe
Radek Stepanek and Pat Rafter
Henri Leconte and Pat Cash
Bernard Tomic
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The Adelaide Hills Wine Festival – Crush 2010 will be held on Sunday the 24th of January
We will be serving a range of our wines by the glass, with food from Woodbake of Stirling including a Coorong Angus Beef Burger and a Lime Chicken Salad.
Combined with music from the Hiptones and the stunning views from the Nepenthe Cellar Door it will be a great day, we hope to see you there!
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Great news for Nepenthe with the 2008 Tempranillo winning Gold and the Trophy for Best Other Red Wine at the Adelaide Hills Wine Show.
Nepenthe winemaker Andre Bondar is delighted with the win “We source the majority of the fruit for this wine from our own Charleston vineyard in the northern Adelaide Hills. These vines, planted in 1996, are producing fantastic fruit from which we can create beautiful, varietal wines. The Nepenthe Tempranillo is created in a style that is heavily influenced by the wines of the North of Spain, the home of Tempranillo.”
The wine is available from the Nepenthe Cellar Door and limited fine wine retailers
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