Gemtree Vineyards

The Green Guage

judi — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 03:02:10 +0000

‘Impressive environmental initiatives are cropping up all over the country.’ By Max Allen

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Article source: May 2012 edition of Australian Gourmet Traveller Win…

Twenty-twenty vision

judi — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:37:04 +0000

20/20 Best Australian wines from the past 20 years

To celebrate the Melbourne Food & Wine Festivals 20th anniversary this year, Max Allen looks back the best and most important Australian wines of th…

Organic viticulture research at The University of Adelaide

judi — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:34:23 +0000

This article provides an overview of some of the various comparative organic, biodynamic and conventional viticulture projects currently under way by researchers at The University of Adelaide and re…

Raising the profile of Tempranillo

judi — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:03:55 +0000

Louisa Rose is convinced that if Tempranillo had been brought to Australia in the 1820s instead of Shiraz, the country would now be a sea of Tempranillo.

The chief winemaker for Yalumba and Hill Smith …

Monty Waldin on Australian winery biodynamic practices

judi — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:40:53 +0000

Monty Waldin, author of Monty Waldin’s Biodynamic Wine Guide has been recently interviewed for Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade Weekly Magazine. Some of his comments include:

“However

Grapevine: These Gems Rock

judi — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:12:48 +0000

Mike and Melissa Brown from Gemtree Vineyards over in McLaren Vale were enjoying a rare day out for a lucky few of us in the industry keen to sample their wines and learn their story.

Melissa (nee Buttery) is …

Bring on the Spanish invasion

judi — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:51:34 +0000

RIGHT now, in the early years of the 21st century, the shiraz grape dominates our vinous landscape. And shiraz, as you know, is French in origin: its birth can be traced to the hill of Hermitage in the northe…

New wetlands trail opens

judi — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:35:53 +0000

GEMTREE Vineyards will open its $112,000 wetlands walking trail this week to share its flora and fauna with the world.

The 1km trail, built with a federal government grant of $56,000, traverses some of th…

for & against: biodynamics

judi — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:53:46 +0000

Have a read of this for & against article on opinions regarding biodynamics from Dec/Jan 11 issue of James Halliday’s Wine Companion Magazine!

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James Halliday Wine Companion 2012 edition

judi — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:36:19 +0000

In exciting news, Gemtree has scored the coveted 5 star rating from James Halliday in the 2012 Australian Wine Companion for the fourth year in a row!

Other results include:

2009 Uncut Shiraz – 94 Po…