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Bottle of Best's Wines Great Western Riesling

2022 Great Western Riesling

The Riesling vines from Great Western produce flavoursome, elegantly structured, spectacularly age-worthy Rieslings which stand confidently alongside some of the most outstanding Australian examples of the variety.

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Bottle of Best's Wines House Block Riesling

2022 House Block Riesling

Made from grapes sourced off our ‘House Block’ directly behind the winery. Planted in 1978, this block typically produces highly aromatic and delicately flavoured wines.

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Welcome Back Simon Fennell

Get to know our newly appointed Winemaker, Simon Fennell. A familiar name to some of you, Simon was previously our Assistant Winemaker from 2012-2016 and has re-joined us under the leadership of Managing Director, Ben Thomson. We’re thrilled to have him back in the family fold again.

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Bottle shot of Best's Wines 2022 Great Western Rosé

2022 Great Western Rose

Drink fresh on release. Nectarine/stone fruit, pithy lime with crunchy ‘granny smith’ apple and a creamy softness.

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2021 Great Western Cabernet Sauvignon

Best’s Great Western Cabernet Sauvignon is a fine example of the Great Western regional style; showing rich, plush, dense fruits.

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5 Things you need to know about Pruning a Grapevine

As the weather turns colder the focus turns to the vineyard to prune whilst the vines are dormant. The following is a list of the five main things you need to know.

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2021 Cabernet Franc

In 1982 Merlot was planted on the Concongella Vineyards’ Thirteen- Acre Block. Imagine the surprise when half the vines behaved in a totally different manner.

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The World’s Oldest Pinot Noir Vines?

We’re putting the question out there, does Best’s Wines in Great Western have the world’s oldest Pinot Noir vines? With our vineyard planted in 1868 there’s certainly some pedigree at play.

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The Stawell Gift

The Stawell Gift is Australia’s richest footrace, which is held in Stawell each year over the Easter long weekend.

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2020 White Gravels Hill Shiraz

The White Gravels Hill Shiraz is produced from the Concongella Vineyard. There is, as the name suggests, ‘white gravels’ which lay over granite. The geology and soils of the White Gravels Hill are markedly different from the sites directly around the cellars.

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Tasting Wine Like A Pro

Learn to swirl, taste and assess and store wine and get our best tips on writing tasting notes

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2019 Hamill Shiraz

The name Hamill tells a multigeneration story of the Thomson family, beginning with Emily Grace Hamill, who married Fredrick Thomson. Hamill Shiraz is produced from the Sugarloaf vineyard, which is situated amongst the rolling hills surrounding the black ranges.

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