Krinklewood - Biodynamic Vineyard

This in my view is a very special vineyard. As one wine writer recently described Krinklewood - it is dynamic as well as biodynamic (BD). Their cellar door is as exquisite as their wine. I better confess - this is the only winery that I currently have a membership for because their wine is very hard to get hold of at bottleshops and it is a must to drink!

Krinklewood is fully certified BD - have been since 2007 - and they have a great range of wines now available - lots of them winning medals and getting rave reviews by the likes of Huon Hooke and James Halliday. Biodynamic and organic viticulture is taking off in a big way around Australia and New Zealand .. not to mention the planet ... and you need to know about it. The Krinklewood website explains BD farming extremely well so I am not going to re-invent the writing wheel - read here if you want to know how this wholistic and nature loving system works and why its producing great wine

So the wines ....

Being a Hunter vineyard you'd expect good things from their Shiraz and Semillon .... and so you should .... and indeed they do deliver in both these varietals! Their 2006 Shiraz is considered their best yet and I have to say having drunk a couple of bottles of it - its a good green drop for sure. Their 2007 Semillon is also v good and won Gold at the Royal Melbourne Show.

One wine of theirs I have yet to taste is their sticky 'Lucia Dessert Wine' made from botrytised chardonnay. Will have to pop up to cellar door soon and snaffle a bottle - James Halliday says it has flavours of peach and cumquat balanced by zesty acidity; excellent length and balance. Yum ....

The last thing I'm going to say is that their 'run of the mill' wild white and wild red is fabulous quaffing wine and so inexpensive for what it is - beautifully crafted wine that's been produced with cosmic flair. These are every day good green drops to drink .... and you know in macrobiotics, the strictest of diet regimes .... you are encouraged to drink a 'fermented' beverage with all meals. This means I do believe - that if only for health drink wine with food every time!

Enjoy Krinklewood - special stuff.