Try botrytis for a sweet finish
In the Margaret River wine region, a popular style of wine that features botrytis is known as cane cut, named after the technique of cutting the fruiting canes and leaving them to hang while the sweetness and flavour of the berries concentrates. Cane cut wines can be made from many different varietals and is a labour of love for many winemakers. The resulting mini-sized bottles of joy are a delicious finale to special dinners or cheese platters and are likely to cellar very well. Securing a few of Margaret River’s ‘noble stickies’ is a great investment, either to drink now or save for a rainy day.
What happened to Margaret River wine tours in 2020?
Here we are in the first week of 2021 and the team at Margaret River Tours has been operating in what is nothing less than a changed wine tasting landscape, thanks to the pandemic mayhem of 2020. We would like to say we have been up and running for a few months, but we think…
Why do winemakers use oak?
An oaked (or wooded) wine may be an acquired taste, but is a highly prized flavour for many wine lovers. Oak barrel fermentation adds a range of flavours to wine including vanilla, cloves, butter, popcorn, toast, spice and char. Oak also provides complexity to a wine’s aroma and taste. The porous nature of oak allows…
Halliday’s 2019 reviews of our partners
Margaret River Tours are very proud of our partnerships with some of the Margaret River Wine Region’s most popular wineries. The latest James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2019 has awarded many of our partners with glowing reviews for their top tier wines. The Halliday Wine Companion is widely regarded as the industry benchmark and his…
Rosé style in focus
With an upcoming Rosé festival being held at Rustico later this month, we thought it would be good to talk a bit about Rosé. What is it and how is it made? Rosé is not a variety of wine, but rather a style of wine. It is produced from red grape varieties and is usually…
Lessilu Van Life reviews Margaret River Tours
Click on the story title to watch the video. Last year we were lucky enough to have social media influencer Lessilu join our tour. As she says, the Margaret River region is renowned for its wine and it’s not wise to drink and drive, so the obvious answer is to join a wine tour. Lessilu’s…
Wine Ratings
What does it mean when a cellar door salesperson says that the wine we are tasting is rated at 96 points? Over the years a number of systems have been tried and tested in an attempt to rate a wine in a way that will inform consumers about the quality of a wine. Ratings are…
50 Years Young
Farewell 2017 – the year we celebrated 50 years of commercial winemaking in Margaret River. As we await the ripening, picking and pressing of the 2018 vintage in the Margaret River Wine Region, I thought it might be of interest to reflect on the history of the region so far. In 2017 Vasse…