Posts Tagged Wine Maker

Arete Wine - Barossa Valley

Do we really need another winemaker out there producing even more wine, giving us another label to look out for, filling our heads with even more contemplating to undertake as we search through region, style, price point and at the end of it all enjoyability?  The search for a response to this quandary could undoubtedly lead us to many a debated conversation.  But as we refine our analysis and focus on the Arete Wines of Richard Bate, we at Waitersfriend say, ‘..go ahead Richard - make your wines!’  Tantalise us with your style and interpretation of winemaking, seduce us with the [read more...]

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Robert O’Callaghan

Waitersfriend recently caught up with Robert O’Callaghan, owner & wine maker at Rockford Wines.

We brushed over many things but it is worth noting that Robert feels very confident that the recently finished 09 vintage is going to be a cracker.  He said, “..we will know more in twelve months but at this stage it is looking very, very good.”  The Clare Valley also had a sensational vintage.

It is also worth noting that the coming years may produce yet another exciting young wine-maker out of the ‘Rockford Academy’.  A young man that was pouring beers in a local pub when Robert [read more...]

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