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OWS#7: Vic Winemakers (Part 2) – Paradigm Hill Wines, Punt Road Wines & The Wine Society

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

Here’s the second and final part of our coverage of the Exhibition of Victorian Winemakers. It was a stellar event and well worth checking out next year. Cam Wheeler has put up an extensive review of some of the wines on offer at the event. Click here to access it.

This podcast includes three separate interviews Mick and Hugo conducted on the second night of proceedings. They are as follows;

5:30 – George Mihaly of Paradigm Hill Wines shares some insights into the role of tannins in structure and the need for good structure when pairing wine and food. Paradigm Hill is a family run vineyard and winery located in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Their website details all the facts and figures anyone would ever need to know about the wines they produce and the grapes they grow. Fantastic reading over tea and biscuits. Click here for the Paradigm Hill website.
14:55 – David Dungan, Marketing Manager of Punt Road Wines shares some of the history of Punt Road and describes some of the logistical problems a boutique winery may face when exporting to the US. Click here for the Punt Road website.
26:55 – Lastly, I spoke to Stephen Thompson of The Wine Society about the benefits you might find from joining a wine club. Click here for their website.

Hope you enjoy the podcast.

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OWS#6: Victorian Winemakers (Part 1) – Roy Moorfield and Savaterre

Friday, February 3rd, 2006

This is part one of a two part series on the event. The second part will follow shortly.
‘Tis the season for wine shows and we’re all set to bring you as many interviews as we possibly can from upcoming shows. These include the NSW Inland Food & Wine Festival (this week), the Sydney Royal Wine Show (next week) and the Frankland Estate International Riesling Tasting (12th and 13th of Feb). It’s going to be a tough job, but we’ll give it our all.

The interviews this episode include Roy Moorfield, who founded the event 27 years ago and Keppell Smith, owner and winemaker at Savaterre. These guys were most accommodating with being interviewed on the spur of the moment and both are clearly very passionate about what they do. Keppell produces some fantastic wine and I highly recommend adding yourself to his mailing list. Savaterre’s production and distribution are limited but the mailing list is a direct way to access the coming releases.

Murray from Winetastic has more detailed notes of the event on his blog, so check them out.

That’s it for this episode. To ask us a question, or leave feedback, use the comments button bellow.

Hugo

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