Simply Shiraz
Simply Shiraz
Simply Shiraz bottle 2005 vintage

In 2002 a few friends who are interested in wine, got together for the purpose of having their own Mudgee wine made. This involved finding a grower who would sell small quantities of grapes and a maker who would turn those grapes into wine. Of course we wanted the best grapes and the best wine maker!

Later that year Andrew Wormald agreed to let us have (at market price) 1 tonne of his "super premium" grapes and a local wine maker said he would make the wine for us. Since that time the members of the syndicate have increased substantially - we now have two winemakers and we still buy our super premium grapes from Andrew.

In addition to the 2003 vintage which was our first, we have also completed the 2004 vintage (i.e. the wine has been bottled) and we have also picked the 2005 vintage.

Given the enthusiasm of the members we have decided to expand the membership further than a group of friends. This enables us to have better buying power for fruit as well as with the wine maker(s). The wine, at around $10.00 per bottle is exceptional value for a wine that would sell for closer to $20.00 or better in Mudgee.

The whole point of this exercise is to be attractive to people who are interested in the whole process of wine. You would like to know and meet the grape grower. You would like to be able to meet the winemaker(s). You would like the chance to taste the wine part way through its maturation cycle and, of course, you are interested in wine at great value. In our case there is no wholesale and no retail involved.