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Former engineer Andrew Gunn bought a dilapidated Elgin apple farm in 1997 which he converted to vineyard and Iona as the property was name is...
Grapes for the Solace Syrah come from the organically farmed Brocha property, lower down in the Elgin Valley from the main Iona plantings and cellar....
This single vineyard with clay-rich, north-facing soils on Elgin property Iona is meant to make for wines of more depth and weight and I must...
What a triumph Solace Syrah is proving to be. Grapes are from north-facing and hence relatively warm vineyards on an Elgin property called Brocha as...
It’s only rock ‘n roll but we like. The standard label Sauvignon Blanc from Elgin property Iona, not to mention the subordinate but super-successful Sophie...
Previously an engineer, Andrew Gunn acquired the run-down Elgin apple farm that was to become Iona in 1997 and the first vintage of Sauvignon Blanc...
Elgin tends to claim Pinot Noir as its signature red grape variety but the Syrah under the Solace label from the Iona team is smart,...
Here are our top wines from the end of last year: November 2019 Iona Fynbos Chardonnay 2017 – 96 (see the original review here) Restless...
Andrew Gunn acquired the Elgin property that came to be known as Iona in 1997, the first vineyards planted a year later. Some two decades...
Solace Syrah from Iona in Elgin is an expression of a vineyard in the Elgin Valley, not as high as the majority of this cellar’s...
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