New senior winemaker announced for Katnook Estate
Accolade Wines has named Natalie Cleghorn as senior winemaker and manager for Coonawarra’s premium Katnook Estate. The announcement follows Accolade completing the acquisition of the…
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2020 Year of the Cat(h)
Wynns Coonawarra Viticulturist, Dr. Catherine Kidman has been crowned ‘Viticulturist of the Year’ at the 2020 Women in Wine Awards. The prestigious award comes only…
Coonawarra Regional Wine Packs Timely Release with SA State Lockdowns enforcing cellar Door Closures
Australian wine lovers can now buy mixed bundles of wine from the Coonawarra Wine Region online, directly from the region’s producers, packaged and sent from…
Coonawarra Vignerons Cup Marquee Scratched for 2021 Race Day
Coonawarra Vignerons have announced the cancellation of the 2021 Coonawarra Vignerons Cup Marquee due to ongoing uncertainty surrounding the COVID19 pandemic. In what is a…
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Coonawarra Wine Store Celebrates Regional Collaboration
Coonawarra Vignerons announce the launch of a new e-commerce store allowing wine lovers to purchase curated mixed packs of Coonawarra wine. Australian wine lovers can…
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Scholarship Awarded to Coonawarra Viticulturist for Data Conversion Practices to Benefit Viticulturists Australia Wide
Coonawarra viticulturist Hans Loder has been awarded a Nuffield Scholarship to examine practical data management for the Australian wine sector. Loder’s project ‘Here come the…
Careers in Coonawarra: Cellar Door Manager
Parker Coonawarra Estate is a renowned, award winning wine brand with a reputation for producing wines of exceptional quality. The cellar door in Coonawarra will…
Exclusive pre-release wines showcased
SE VOICE – Christian Fleetwood The wineries of Coonawarra are preparing to showcase their latest wines at the final pre-weekend of the well-received Coonawarra Cabernet…
Golfers enjoy sensational day out with Coonawarra wines
Penola Golf Course played host to the 3rd annual Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations Golf Day on Friday 2nd October, in what was the first of many…
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate’s Cath Kidman named Gourmet Traveller WINE Viticulturist of the Year for 2020
Wynns viticulturist, Cath Kidman has been awarded ‘Viticulturist of the Year’ at the 2020 Gourmet Traveller WINE Awards last night. Wynns has been well represented…
Hitch a ride with the CCC Day pass!
HOP ON- HOP OFF SERVICE AVAILABLE WEEKENDS IN OCTOBER!* There’s no better way to cruise the Coonawarra Strip this October, than with the Shuttle Bus…
Join the Celebrations – All Roads Lead to Cabernet In Coonawarra this October!
Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations is back for 2020. One of South Australia’s best regional wine-based festivals, it is the largest of its kind in the Limestone…
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King of Cabernet Crowned in World-First Virtual Wine Challenge
The 2018 Brand’s Laira 1968 Vines Cabernet Sauvignon, produced by Brand’s Laira Coonawarra, has been awarded the Best of Region wine for Coonawarra, narrowly missing…
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Multi-Regional, World First Wine Judging Event Hailed Success!
Three days of simultaneous judging of 364 wine exhibits from 29 different wine regions in Coonawarra and Margaret River wrapped up the 2020 James Halliday…
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Social Competition Ts & Cs
Celebrating International Cabernet Day! These Terms and Conditions incorporate and must be read. Information about prizes and how to enter forms part of these Terms…
Coonawarra pioneer, John Riddoch, immortalised to celebrate International Cabernet Day
The story of John Riddoch, the Scottish pioneer and founding father of the Coonawarra Fruit Colony has been immortalised in a new book ‘Imagining Coonawarra’…
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Cellar Dwellers Passport Trail Competition Winner Announced
Congratulations to Loreline Kerlidou of St Peters, SA, who has been drawn as the winner of the 2020 Cellar Dwellers “Passport Trail” competition, which was offered…
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South Australia’s best wineries revealed in the latest Messenger poll
13 August 2020 | News Article | Lydia Kellner More than 2500 votes were cast by South Australian Messanger readers in the latest Messenger poll…
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Settle in for seated tastings at Coonawarra Cellar Doors
Keen to hit the ‘Strip’ and get tasting? Our famed Coonawarra Strip is lined with an array of cellar doors of varying sizes – each…
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Social Competition Ts & Cs
Celebrating National Shiraz Day! These Terms and Conditions incorporate and must be read. Information about prizes and how to enter forms part of these Terms…
2020 Halliday Australian Cabernet Challenge – Entries now open!
Australian wine producers are invited to participate in a competition showcasing great regional Cabernet Sauvignon in a collaboration between Margaret River Wine Association, Coonawarra Vignerons…
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July Cellar Door Experiences Guide
Make the most of Cellar Dwellers Month by popping into Coonawarra’s Cellar Doors to taste and enjoy the back vintage wines they have selected for your…
Cellar Dwellers returns to showcase Coonawarra’s wine treasures
During the month of July, Coonawarra wineries are delving into the depths of their cellars to reveal age-old treasures, offering visitors a rare opportunity to…
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Social Competition Ts & Cs
Celebrating National Rosé Day! These Terms and Conditions incorporate and must be read. Information about prizes and how to enter forms part of these Terms…
Cheers to a long Career – Peter Bissell
Prominent Coonawarra Winemaker retires after 25 years as Head Winemaker at Balnaves of Coonawarra. Highly regarded and long-serving Coonawarra Winemaker, Peter Bissell is hanging his…
2020 Halliday Australian Cabernet Challenge Collaboration
The fifth Halliday Australian Cabernet Challenge will take place in September 2020. Thanks to recent restrictions the Cabernet Challenge broadens its footprint and leverages the…
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Social Competition Ts & Cs
Celebrating National Sparkling Red Day! These Terms and Conditions incorporate and must be read. Information about prizes and how to enter forms part of these…
Book ahead and take your seat as tastings resume in new format!
Keen to hit the ‘Strip’ and get tasting? Our famed Coonawarra Strip is lined with an array of cellar doors of varying sizes – each…
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Coonawarra Farewells Zema Family Patriarch
Hearts in Coonawarra are aching this week, with the news of the passing of a Coonawarra great over the weekend. Demetrio Zema, patriarch of the…
Book ahead and take your seat as tastings resume in new format!
CELLAR DOORS OPEN FOR TASTINGS IN JUNE As restrictions within South Australia begin to ease our wineries look forward to welcoming visitors back to their…
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Social Competition Ts & Cs
Celebrating International Chardonnay Day! These Terms and Conditions incorporate and must be read. Information about prizes and how to enter forms part of these Terms…
Warm up with the Coonawarra Collection
With the cooler weather setting in and winter just around the corner, a glass of red is a perfect way to end the day or…
Great Friends & Fine Wines : A Unique 6 Pack Offering
This month one of Coonawarra’s oldest winemaking families is celebrating a special milestone, 50 years of producing cabernet sauvignon in Coonawarra! To mark the occasion…
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Taste Coonawarra Red Wine Mix Pack
With 33 recognised brands in the Coonawarra Wine region, wine lovers are spoilt for choice when it comes to stocking up their wine supply. Settling…
Coonawarra Vintage 2020 Update
The 2020 vintage in Coonawarra can be characterised by small quantities of high quality fruit. The season began well with ideal soil moisture due to…
Where there’s Chocolate, there’s got to be Wine this Easter time!
A simple pairing guide for lovers of wine and chocolate. As we all celebrate Easter at home this year, it got us thinking that there…
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Coonawarra Winemaking Family Trio mix it up with the “Co-lab” pack
At a time in the world where ‘sticking together’ means staying apart (social distancing for the greater good), three Coonawarra wine-producing families have come together…
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Connect with Coonawarra from afar – Virtual Cellar Door Sessions the new norm
Due to necessary closures of winery cellar doors across Australia as a method of reducing the spread of COVID-19, virtual cellar door wine tasting sessions…
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Coonawarra National Wine Tasting Roadshow Cellared until 2021
In what are unprecedented and challenging times, Coonawarra Vignerons have cellared their popular Cellar Door in the City – Wine Tasting Roadshow events until 2021.…
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Support Small Business. Buy Direct and continue to keep the wine flowing for us all
Small business needs you now more than ever. That includes our wine producers. Need to top up your wine supply to get you through…
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