The Wine Front ~ Campbell Mattinson

2019 Dragonfly Shiraz ~ 91/100 Cellar Talk- Ray Jordan

Cellar Talk, Ray Jordan

My Market Kitchen with Wine Selectors

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Meet The Team- Maddy

Meet Maddy another of our 2020 Vintage Cellar Hands

Vintage Report 2020

A season like no other, 2020 will be remembered for many reasons. A season in which we have had our hottest December days ever, our warmest nights since 2012 and our driest December since 2008. In fact, the total Summer rainfall was barely 13mm. However despite these conditions being thought of as less than ideal, we could not be happier with the overall quality of the wines from the vintage, when all this occurred in tandem with the absence of our two nemeses, bushfires and birds! We did though experience a low yielding crop.

One aspect we did expect in light of the conditions, was an early harvest, kicking off in January. Chardonnay was loaded with an abundance of hen and chicken and the realisation of lower yields, meaning earlier ripening. Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon soon followed and it was obvious at this point that whites were looking great. With stocks of our current Rosé running very low, the new vintage will get the fast train to bottling in May, look out for it as we think the wine is showing great aroma and texture.

With the last of the reds (Grenache) harvested on the 7th April, the quality has been pleasing with wines showing purity of fruit, bright and fresh flavours and deep, dark colours. There is a feeling amongst the team that the wines show great promise which we hope will be realised as we mature them in oak over the next 12 to 18 months.

The winemaking team are really pleased with the resultant wines, however with lots of bigger issues at play in the industry and country at the moment, we hope all of our members and partners in the retail industry stays well and safe.

Kim Horton

WA Liquor Restrictions

Liquor Licensing Amendment - 27th March 2020
 

The State Government and the Director of Liquor Licensing were provided with information by Wines of WA outlining how the previous limit of 3 bottles per customer per day for online and mail order sales channels would have been unworkable for all WA wine producers.

Please see below the revised notice from the Director of Liquor Licensing providing an update for Producer’s Licence holders regarding intrastate online and mail-order sales, interstate online and mail-order sales, sales to wholesale licensees and international sales. These are detailed as follows:

• Intra-state online and mail-order: Sales to unlicensed individuals that will be delivered to a West Australian address will be limited to one 12 x 750 ML bottle carton (9 litres) per customer per week.
• Inter-state online and mail-order sales: Sales to unlicensed individuals that will be delivered to any state other than WA will have no limit on the quantity of wine that can be sold to a customer
• Sales to Wholesale Licensees: Sales to wholesale customers can be fulfilled as required
• International Sales: There are no limits on the quantity that can be sold to international customers 

Meet the Team- Joe

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Meet Joe, one of our Cellar Hands here for Vintage 2020!

 

 

COVID-19 UPDATE

UPDATE COVID-19 In light of recent developments around COVID-19 we feel a social responsibility to do our part in keeping our community safe. For the health of all our customers and our staff we have made the following decisions: At this stage our Cellar Door will remain OPEN, we ask that if you have recently travelled overseas or have flu like symptoms that you please stay home. We will be offering Free Delivery on all online orders of 6 bottles or more so you can stay home and enjoy your favourite wine. Group Bookings, we will be limiting the number of people in cellar door at a time so we will not be taking more than 1 group booking at a time. Should you plan on bringing a group out please book online 24hrs in advance: www.willowbridge.com.au/Cellar-Door/Group-Bookings *Any groups arriving unbooked may be asked to wait or come back at another time should we have other customers already.   We encourage all our customers to continue to support all your local businesses in this difficult time. Stay Safe, from the Team at WBE. Questions or concerns? Please get in touch wine@willowbridge.com.au