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…
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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…
Cellar Doors Open for Tastings
Keen to hit the ‘Strip’ and get tasting? Our famed Coonawarra Strip is lined with an array of cellar doors of varying sizes – each…
Coonawarra Toasts to Funding Win to Expand Digital and Bring Visitors Closer
Booking a wine experience in Coonawarra will soon be one click away, thanks to a $60,000 grant from the South Australian Wine Industry Development Scheme…
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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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A “Wynn” for Australian Wine as Bordeaux invests in Coonawarra’s Top Drop
For the first time in the history of Australian Wine, Wynns Coonawarra Estate John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon and Jim Barry The Armagh Shiraz will soon…
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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…
Takeaways on the menu for Coonawarra Cellar Doors
Due to Government restrictions placed on licensed venues throughout South Australia, public access to cellar doors for wine tastings remains off-limits. However, as of 15th…
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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Curtain Drawn on 2020 Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival
It is with regret that the Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival Committee has decided to cancel the 2020 Festival – slated to be held from May 14 to 17 – due to the unprecented situation of COVID-19.
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Coonawarra – COVID19 Update
COVID-19 may be causing chaos, but the wine is still flowing in Coonawarra. In response to Australian Federal Government announcements on 22 March 2020, trading…
Coonawarra Cellar Door Changes | Covid -19 Update
COVID-19 may be causing chaos, but the wine is still flowing in Coonawarra. In response to Australian Federal Government announcements on 22 March 2020, trading…
Grape and wine businesses welcome review of pregnancy warning proposal
Australian Grape & Wine welcomes the decision taken by the Australian and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation to request a review of the…
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Coonawarra Cellar Door Operating Hours – COVID-19 Update
We know there’s a lot going on in the world today, and so many of you are feeling the impact of the uncertainty around the…
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Coonawarra After Dark events cancelled in response to COVID-19
Following the Federal Government’s announcement regarding any non-essential organised public gatherings, the ever-popular vintage festival, Coonawarra After Dark will no longer be taking place in…
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Communication the key for Grape Growers and Landowners this burn off season
The Wattle Range Council and Coonawarra Vignerons hosted 30 Landowners and Vignerons at a Burn Off & Smoke Taint Breakfast Briefing on Thursday 12th March…
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Breakfast Briefing – Burn Off & Smoke Taint
The Wattle Range Council and Coonawarra Vignerons invites Landowners and Vignerons to a Breakfast Briefing on Burn Off & Smoke Taint on Thursday 12th March…
Community called to share in shaping the future of Penola
Penola residents and wider community members are being invited to participate in planning and design sessions to help shape and develop the masterplan for the…
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Wine Varieties Available in Coonawarra Cellar Doors
Coonawarra Wine Region boasts the most sought-after vineyard soil in Australia, and with 27 Cellar Doors lining the famed terra rossa ‘strip’, there is no…
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New Website puts Regional Wine Tourism on the Map!
Regional wine experiences offered by the dozen. Planning a holiday to South Australia’s Limestone Coast and South-West Victoria is now possible at the touch of…
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Renowned Aussie comedians pour into Coonawarra for day of laughs
Comedy (and wine) lovers descended on the Penola Racecourse on the weekend to watch some of Australia’s hottest comedic talent in an afternoon of comedy,…
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2020 36° South Coonawarra Vignerons Cup Results
Imperial Auction raises $28,150 as major financial contributor of the Coonawarra Vignerons annual calendar of events. The 36o South Coonawarra Vignerons Cup is, without doubt,…
Your guide to the Coonawarra Vignerons Cup Marquee
Joining us in the Marquee… here’s what you need to know: Event Start: The Coonawarra Vignerons Cup Marquee opens for guest access at 9:30am. Breakfast…
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36° South Coonawarra Vignerons Cup Marquee the hottest ticket in town
The 36° South Coonawarra Vignerons Cup continues to appeal as the region kicks off 2020 with its largest single event selling out in record time…
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Comedy and Wine returns to Coonawarra with some of the Nations Funniest
After nearly two years and 14 events around the country, GRAPES OF MIRTH has announced its second wine and comedy spectacular in Penola next month.…
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Coonawarra Festive Season Trading Hours
On behalf of the Coonawarra Vignerons, we wish everyone a safe and enjoyable break over the Christmas holiday period. Visiting Coonawarra over Christmas & the…
