Solstice Solstice is inspired by the Vino novello wines of Italy. Traditionally vino novello, translated as ‘young wine‘, is a light, fruity, red wine. Novello is similar to its French cousin Beaujolais nouveau in taste, body and color, but is produced using several grape varieties with a more liberal…
Pet-Nat – what is it I hear you ask? Pet-Nat or pétillant naturel is generally defined as a sparkling wine made using the méthode ancestrale. The wine undergoes a single fermentation, requiring the winemaker to bottle and cap the wine before it has stopped its primary ferment. The remaining sugar…
Special thanks to Samuel Squire for this article. Young Guns: Brothers in wine This article was originally published in the April issue of The Australian & New Zealand Grapegrower & Winemaker.
Work has begun on the new winery and cellar door. We are hoping to be open for Christmas 2020.
We are very excited to have just received GT Young Winemaker of the Year for 2019. Link attached. Gourmet Traveller
From a single vineyard in the north west (White Rock). Predominantly whole berry, 5% whole bunch, natural yeast, held on skins for 18 days. Pressed to and matured in oak (5% new). Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Dornfelder is a little known german hybrid. It was built for cool climates. Dornfelder…
August 1 2019. A little luck never hurts. Such incredibly generous comments from one of the legends of Australian wine. Halliday New Winery of the Year 2019
Saturday Flashback April 2015. How time flies! Before we released our first Mewstone Pinot to market in 2016 we made a little family brew from our first crop in 2015. We had just enough fruit to fill a barrel. As you can see, very scientific.
The 2018 results are in, and Mewstone Wines picks up a finalist gong at the annual The Young Gun of Wine competition. Full Interview with Jonathan Hughes of Mewstone Vineyard with The Examiner: https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5525498/mewstone-picks-up-best-new-act-gong/
