News update

March and April has been crazy busy here at Miners Ridge. Vintage started in early March with our Tempranillo being picked first, followed by Chardonnay, Riesling, Shiraz, Cabernet and the last variety being Viognier! Predominantly machine picked with some hand picking in the mix as well. We enlisted the help of our Niece and Nephew to help with some hand picking introducing them to all the glamour of vineyard work!

This year we experienced low yields, there were a number of reasons for this including, hungry kangaroos, poor fruit set in Spring, and because of such big crops in the previous year. Quality is all there and the 2022 vintage is already shaping up to be a cracker.

Read the technical wine notes about each variety, and a little note from Andrew and I including how we pronounce them!

Whites

We recently entered our dog, Milo into the Top Dog – Wine Job Competition. His role is the official ‘Meet and Greeter’ which he is really good at. Milo truly believes that everyone that visits our property are there to see him. His only job is to greet people as they arrive at our Cellar Door, Bed and Breakfast or to do work on our vineyard. Guests are always greeted with a smile and a wag of the tail and sometimes a roll on his back for a belly rub. We think that Milo is pretty good at his job and he doesn’t ask for a lot in return, just some love.

If you want to give Milo some love, please give him a vote

AT certainly had some adventures, which we were very grateful to have been able to join him on. It is not lost on us how lucky we were to have this opportunity to get away for the 8 weeks when we did and be able to avoid all the chaos, hot spots and border closures.

For those who missed the social media journey, check it out on our Instagram or Facebook.

On our return we were stocked to learn that our first ever rating with James Halliday gave us two solid scores for our AT Shiraz. Sadly our 2018 sold out before this announcement but the 2019 which scored a solid 92, is available and with the current 10% off lockdown sale it is a good opportunity to buy now.