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December 22, 2016

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10 Best Things to Eat on the Granite Belt

Working in the Cellar Door at Ballandean every day, we hear about the adventures of guests to the region and of course the conversation always turns to food. So we have decided to put together our list of the 10 best things to eat on your next visit. This list is in no particular order but this is the food we hear about the most. APPLE PIE - at Suttons Farm Everyone loves to eat these pies for the best afternoon tea ever. The pies are huge and every pie is made from 22 delicious apples grown right on the farm. ICE CREAM BURGERS - at The Bramble Patch These are legendary in the area and definitely a must try when in region. It is a warmed chocolate muffin cut in half and filled with delicious raspberry sorbet and vanilla ice cream and covered in Berry Coulis. Yumm! MUSHROOM and TRUFFLE SOUP - at the Barrelroom at Ballandean Estate. This restaurant has certainly gained a huge reputation since opening in 2010 winning numerous State Restaurant and Ca...

Vintage 2016

Well we have made it! Vintage is upon us and it looks fabulous so far. The weather has been 'interesting' to say the least and we are about 10 days ahead of our usual picking dates, but the fruit is looking great so you can look forward to some amazing wines from this vintage. Picking the whites began in January with the Sauvignon Blanc and Muscat then before we knew it, the Viognier, Chardonnay & Semillon were ready. So here we are on the 22nd of February and we are picking red grapes.....amazing! But when the grapes are ready, they wait for noone and we pick. Today, we are crushing 30 tonne of fruit, again......amazing. Vintage looks like it will be over before we know it. Take a look at this amazing Durif. Beautiful, what more can we say.

More about our award winning single vineyard Shiraz and the survival story of Australian Shiraz

Ballandean Estate’s award-winning single vineyard premium Shiraz is sourced from the Opera Block’s oldest vines, planted in 1968, some of the oldest in Australia. Winemaker Dylan Rhymer has delivered a delicate balance of fruit and French oak in the 2015 vintage. This Shiraz is an eloquent demonstration of the Granite Belt’s terroir, boasting ripe berry and cassis aromas. On the palate, intense blackcurrant, light pepper and spices combine with medium tannins for palate structure and a smooth, lingering finish. Aged for 12 to 15 months in air dried French oak barriques; this wine is one of our most consistent award winners. Australian Shiraz – a survival story Australia can lay proud claim to the some of the oldest commercial Shiraz vines in the world. We owe this extraordinary vine heritage to our isolated location and quarantine law, as most of the world suffered the ravages of phylloxera, the vine eating louse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, However in the ...

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