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Gruner Wanderlust

Posted on December 20, 2015 by larry

Hahndorf Hill Winery   Adelaide Hills In August this year Marc and I made another pilgrimage to the great winelands of Austria. The purpose was to immerse ourselves in their amazing wine, food and tourism experiences. We were extremely lucky, all along … Continue reading →

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Adelaide Hills – the confirmed capital of Gruner Veltliner in Australia!

Posted on November 17, 2015 by larry

Hahndorf Hill Winery   Adelaide Hills Last month a Gruner Growers Group (GGG) meeting was held at Hahndorf Hill cellar door.  The main purpose of the meeting was to taste some examples from top Austrian Gruner producers and also to review all … Continue reading →

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The secret behind Gruner Veltliner success in the Adelaide Hills

Posted on February 15, 2015 by larry

Hahndorf Hill Winery Adelaide Hills In five short years, growers and producers of Gruner Veltliner in the Adelaide Hills wine region have achieved some extraordinary outcomes with their favourite new alternative variety. There are already at least a dozen labels … Continue reading →

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A Gruner Veltliner celebration – Asian Persuasion

Posted on January 26, 2015 by larry

Hahndorf Hill Winery   Adelaide Hills Each year the Adelaide Hills Wine Region launches its CRUSH wine festival to promote the wonderful cool climate wines from our region. For the first time at CRUSH – and for the first time in Australian … Continue reading →

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Gruner dreamin’ 2015

Posted on December 26, 2014 by larry

Hahndorf Hill Winery   Adelaide Hills Well, the year of 2014 AD is drawing to a close and it looks as if the vineyard has had a very happy year indeed! Good canopies all round and – lo and behold – we … Continue reading →

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Gruner Veltliner tasting at Hahndorf Hill cellar door

Posted on August 25, 2014 by larry

Hahndorf Hill Winery   Adelaide Hills We’re getting ready to release the new vintage Gruner Veltliner wines at Hahndorf Hill, so to sharpen our palates we put together a tasting of 12 excellent examples of Gruner Veltliner wines from Austria (Wachau, Kamptal and … Continue reading →

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Hahndorf Hill Gruner Veltliner 2014 – Adelaide Hills wine

Posted on June 2, 2014 by larry

Hahndorf Hill Winery   Adelaide Hills GRU 2014 is almost born! All the building blocks are in place and we are just about to put together the final blend. But first some thoughts about the vintage in general terms. 2014 will – … Continue reading →

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Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner vintage 2014 – wrapup

Posted on April 18, 2014 by larry

Hahndorf Hill Winery   Adelaide Hills Well, vintage 2014 is finally going to be put to bed in about two weeks’ time with the harvest of our Shiraz grapes. It has been an extraordinary year which saw an unusually cold start to … Continue reading →

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Vintage 2014 – the small, cold year

Posted on February 28, 2014 by larry

Hahndorf Hill Winery   Adelaide Hills Sure we’ve had heat spikes and one huge rain event this vintage, but the defining feature of this vintage would have to be the cold. It was the seemingly never-ending cold weather between September and till … Continue reading →

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Gruner Veltliner vintage 2014, Australia

Posted on January 27, 2014 by larry

Hahndorf Hill Winery   Adelaide Hills The 2014 vintage of Gruner Veltliner will soon be upon us and will be our fifth vintage of this exciting white variety at Hahndorf Hill. 2014 is also the Chinese Year of the Horse which, to … Continue reading →

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