Awards can be found on winery pages – please see our ‘Brands‘.
JULY 2010
JHL Wine welcome yet another first class producer to the portfolio – Joseph Cattin wines from Alsace, France. This centuries old family estate is now run by Cattin brothers Jacques and Jean-Marie, whose 2009 traditional range of white wines and Brut Crèmant d’Alsace are all Gold Medal winners. Read more…
JULY 2010
JHL Wine are delighted to have been appointed Paxton’s Victorian distributors as of July 2010. Paxton is an established and highly respected family owned and operated McLaren Vale wine company, whose vineyards are NASAA certified “organic/biodynamic in conversion” from vintage 2010. Rated as a 5 star winery by James Halliday in his 2010 Australian Wine Companion, Paxton have been elevated to a 5 red star winery rating (One of the Best of the Best) in James Halliday’s upcoming 2011 Australian Wine Companion. Read more about Paxton…
JUNE 2010
Longview ‘Red Bucket’ Shiraz Cabernet 2008 has knocked off the big boys and has picked up a Gold medal and Trophy for the Best Adelaide Hills wine at the prestigious 2010 London International Wine Challenge. This is an enormous achievement for a wine that retails for $14.99, especially when most of the award winners are two to three times the price. Read more about Longview…
JUNE 2010
Margaret River’s Hay Shed Hill continue to shine under the direction of ex-Howard Park winemaker, Michael Kerrigan. A 5 star rated winery according to James Halliday, Hay Shed Hill have just scooped up a Gold Medal at the International Wine Challenge for their 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon. The same wine was also Huon Hooke’s ‘Wine of the Week’ in the Sydney Morning Herald’s ‘Good Living’ on the 15th of June. Read more about Hay Shed Hill…
JUNE 2010
Waipara Hills have picked up a Gold Medal at the International Wine Challenge 2010 in London for their 2008 ‘Southern Cross Selection’ Central Otago Pinot Noir. The judges commented that the wine showed “Soft red fruit and spice on the nose. An explosion of raspberry, cherry and cinnamon. Rich, full and creamy in the mouth.” This latest win is in addition to its Trophy and Gold Medal collected at the Air New Zealand Wine Awards 2009. Read more about Waipara Hills…
JUNE 2010
‘Australia’s 10 bravest winemakers’, an article by Andrew Jefford in Decanter magazine’s May 2010 edition, lists not one, but two winemakers represented by JHL Wine: Peter Althaus of Domaine A in Tasmania’s Coal River Valley, and Stephen George of Ashton Hills Vineyard in South Australia’s Adelaide Hills. To be recognised in this way by one of the World’s most respected wine magazines is testament to both Peter and Stephen’s unwavering commitment to producing wine at the highest level and to challenging the status quo when it comes to the future of Australian wine.
JUNE 2010
Gourmet Traveller WINE Magazine, June/July 2010 – Neudorf ‘Moutere’ Chardonnay 2008 is rated ‘Top new white release’ with 97/100 points AND Neudorf ‘Moutere’ Pinot Noir 2008 is rated as equal ‘Top red release’ with 95/100 points.
Following on from recent ratings such as ‘The best producer in New Zealand’ according to Tom Stevenson’s UK based Wine Report 2009, ‘One of 2010’s best producers in New Zealand for Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Sauvignon Blanc’ by the UK’s Oz Clarke, and Jancis Robinson MW naming Neudorf as “one of the most Burgundian Pinots outside Burgundy” in the UK’s Financial Times 2009, surely Neudorf should be on the top of your ‘to drink’ list? Read more about Neudorf…
JUNE 2010
Sine Qua Non owner and winemaker, Manfred Krankl, is Wine Spectator magazine’s June 2010 cover story. Read more about Sine Qua Non…
MAY 2010
Waipara Hills 2009 ‘Soul of the South’ Sauvignon Blanc has just picked up another Gold Medal, this time at the Liquourland Top 100 Awards 2010 in New Zealand. The wine was also reviewed in the UK’s highly respected Decanter magazine in the March 2010 edition: “A very elegant style, with notes of blackcurrant leaf and stone fruits. The full flavoured and quite complex palate is supported by a zesty acidity and lots of lime juice on the finish.”
The wine now boasts:
3 Gold Medals - Liquourland Top 100 Awards 2010 (NZ), New Zealand International Wine Show 2009 and New Zealand Royal Easter Wine Show 2010
Blue Gold Award – Sydney International Wine Competition 2010
4.5/5 stars - Cuisine Magazine (NZ), Dec 2009
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MAY 2010
Santé Wines are delighted to announce the latest addition to the portfolio – Angus The Bull Cabernet Sauvignon, a rich blend of South Australian and Victorian fruit, ideally suited to prime beef. Perfectly priced, packaged and bred. Read more about Angus The Bull…
APRIL 2010
Port Phillip Estate on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula have opened their stunning new Cellar Door and Restaurant, sending them in to Gourmet Traveller WINE Magazine’s Top 10 ‘Best of the Best 2010′ Cellar Doors in their April/May 2010 edition: Nick Ryan said “Calling the grand new edifice perched on the hill above Port Phillip Estate simply a cellar door would be a surefire way to win gold at the Understatement Olympics.” Visit the Port Phillip Estate website, but better still – visit them. Read more about Port Phillip Estate…
APRIL 2010
Dandelion Vineyards make a splash in Gourmet Traveller WINE Magazine’s ‘Best of the Best 2010′ Names to watch. Read more about Dandelion Vineyards…
APRIL 2010
Decanter, widely regarded as the World’s best wine magazine, published Matthew Jukes’ list of his Top 20 South Australian Producers in their April 2010 edition. Of these 20 wineries, JHL Wine proudly distribute 3. Read more about this publication…