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Our
vineyards are low yielding, with intense, small berries, to create the
highest quality wine possible.
Come in and learn more about our
wines, and if you would like more information, please don't hesitate to
give us a call anytime on (08) 8737 3222, or
email wine@koonara.com .
We are very proud of our wines - we hope you enjoy them.
Cheers,
Dru Reschke. |
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With Blue
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Harvest is in
Well the grapes are in, and although every winemaker says the
current vintage is the best, it's pretty good. The heatwave knocked
things around a little, but in all it has been a drawn out vintage,
with still a lot of grapes in Coonawarra still to be picked. Shiraz
especially is looking top of the wazza. I will put some more vintage
shot up next month for you.
Jason
McClure & Mary Haynes
Old
friend Mary Haynes married Jason McClure in Naracoorte the other
day, and I was lucky enough to get dragged into my first real gig as
a wedding photographer (bit of fun on the weekends). Once again the
weather was a cracker.
Jane French & Mary Haynes
Sarah & Penny
Jason & The rings - note the blisters. No more of those now he's
married...
The happy couple...
More photos:
 Wine
Fact:
The
oldest datable wine has been an amphora salvaged and drunk by
Captain Jacques Cousteau from the wreck of a Greek trader sunk in
the Mediterranean circa 230 B.C. Wine jars recovered from the
Pompeii eruption of A.D. 79 were found labelled VESUVINUM - The
oldest known trade mark.
Wine
Deal: The Remix
Mix it up...
try a case of mixed reds, or mixed whites, or mixed, mixed. Click
here:
www.koonara.com/ourwines.html
BONUS: 12th bottle FREE with every mixed case.
Wine
Advice:
Regions:
There are 74 wine regions in Australia.
Bar Joke
Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar.
One says, "I think I've lost an electron." The other says, "Are you
sure?"
The first says, "Yes, I'm positive..."
 Restaurants
we love:
A new restaurant has opened in Port Campbell, along the Great
Ocean Road called Room Six. For those in Adelaide, The Chef (Jimmy)
used to be at Eros in Rundle Street. A great spot to visit or stop
off at while cruising the Great Ocean Road.
Word
of the day:
Pump
over:
To pump wine out from a lower valve of a fermenting tank up onto
the top of the fermenting mass in order to keep the solid "cap" of
skins wet. This is necessary during fermentation of red wine to achieve complete extraction of colour and flavour from the
skins.
 Extreme
Sport No 1: Caving
Looking for excitement when you visit Coonawarra? Book yourself in
for some serious caving 20km up the road at the world heritage
Naracoorte Caves (the only other world heritage in Australia is the
Great Barrier Reef). See photos
here:
www.koonara.com/caving1.html
Next month: watch me
fall out of a plane.
After
Dark Festival 2009
This festival is getting bigger & better every year
in Coonawarra, and with daylight saving on our side, record numbers
turned out to do all things on offer. Highlights were the DiGiorgio
stomp, where contestants have to run down the rows in the vineyard, pick up buckets of grapes,
bring them back and be the first team to stomp 2 bottles of grape juice. Also
Brand's Laira had their wonderkid back on the slide guitar, as well as
super-awesome homemade pies.
The buckets at the ready...
Filling the wine bottles with juice
Big feet help
Music at Brands
Cooking with MacGyver
  The
Healthy Tomato
There is no need to buy fresh tomatoes to reap the benefits of
lycopene, an antioxidant that may help prevent heart disease and
certain cancers. Lycopene can withstand the high heat used in
processing and cooking, so all canned
 and
bottled tomato products (including tomato
paste) offer the health benefits of fresh tomatoes. The body will
absorb lycopene better when you eat tomatoes are with a small amount
of fat, such as olive oil.
OK, you got me - the
story was just so I could put this picture in.
 Wine Quoteth:
"As the earlier vintages matured in bottle and progressively became
less aggressive and more refined, people generally began to take
notice, and whereas previously it had been all condemnation, I was
now at least receiving some praise for the wine."
- Max Schubert Quote on the early days of Grange
Wise advice:
Observation: It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object
to realize that you're in a hurry.
 Events:
 Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival - May 14, 15, 16, 17
Rhonda Burchmore headlines an amazing lineup including Co-Opera doing
Pirates of Penzance, Woman's Weekly food editor Lyndey
Milan, writer Peter Goldsworthy, and the Koonara Body art
challenge. Biggest year yet, so snap up some accommodation here:
www.penola.org/stay.htm
and book your tickets to events on 08 8737 2855
Photos from the launch & Program:
www.artsfestival.com.au
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