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Shannon Vineyards in Elgin is a pretty crack team – James Downes has become one of the country’s leading viticulturists while older brother Stuart, who...
Age-worthiness is the notion that wine should become more pleasurable and more interesting to drink with time in the bottle. How much attention, though, is...
The acclaimed Mount Bullet Merlot from Elgin property Shannon Vineyards is made from 3ha of vineyard planted to five different clones. The wine labelled as...
The Capall Bán 2016 from Shannon Vineyards in Elgin is a blend of 70% Semillon and 30% Sauvignon Blanc, matured for nine months in a...
Speaking at the third annual workshop run by official producer body Hallo Merlot earlier this week, Luca Rettondini, winemaker at Le Macchiole in Bolgheri, Italy,...
The 3ha block that supplies grapes for the acclaimed Mount Bullet Merlot from Shannon Vineyards in Elgin is planted to no less than five clones....
Best wine overall in the second annual Merlot Report was the Shannon Mount Bullet 2015 and the prize for producing this a new 225-litre Taransaud...
James Downes of Shannon Vineyards in Elgin says that he and the winemaking team which is Gordon and Nadia Newton Johnson of Newton Johnson Vineyards...
The Sanctuary Peak Sauvignon Blanc from Shannon Vineyards in Elgin is now well established as one of the more refined and stylish examples of the...
Is there anybody putting more effort into Merlot than Shannon Vineyards in Elgin? Five clones spread across 3ha of vineyard, each parcel vinified separately, maturation...
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