July 2011

Success at the Royal Queensland Wine Show

Twisted Gum Wines entered just one wine in the prestigious Royal Queensland Wine Show this year.  Our 2009 Shiraz was awarded a Silver Medal.  It was up against 240 high quality Shiraz wines from all over Australia, so this is super result for a tiny vineyard like ours.  It was also the highest pointed Queensland red wine in the show, which made us smile for for many weeks!

October 2010

More awards for our 2009 red wines

Queensland Wine Awards:
Bronze Medal for our 2009 Shiraz
Bronze Medal for our 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon
 
Australian Small Winemakers Show:
Bronze Medal for our 2009 Shiraz
Silver Medal for our 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon

July 2010

Twisted Gum Wines Served to 500 Guests at UQ Centenary Dinner

Twisted Gum Wines were once again asked to supply the wine to a University of Queensland Centenary event.  This time it was the Courting the Greats Gala Dinner where 500 invited guests came together to celebarate the past 100 years.  This dinner was the highlight on the Centenary Celebrations calendar, and our wines once again recieved generous praise. 

July 2010

Success at the Winestate Magazine World's Greatest Shiraz/Syrah Challenge

Twisted Gum Wines entered two wines in the Winestate Magazine World's Greatest Shiraz/Syrah Challenge and won awards for both wines. The competion was held at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide on June 18 and involved in excess of 700 Shiraz and Shiraz blend wines from all over Australia and New Zealand. We received Four Stars (equivalent to a Silver Medal) for our 2009 Shiraz and Three Stars (equivalent to a Bronze Medal) for our 2008 Shiraz Cabernet.

July 2010

Success at the Royal Queensland Wine Show

Twisted Gum Wines entered the prestigious Royal Queensland Wine Show and were awarded Bronze Medals for both of their 2009 red wines, a Shiraz and a Cabernet Sauvignon.  This refelects the excellent quality fruit from the 2009 vintage which produced wines with incredible colour and depth of flavour.

April 2010

Twisted Gum Wines Feature at UQ Centenary Celebrations

Twisted Gum Wines is proud to announce that it was asked to supply wine for the 50+ Graduates Reunion Luncheon during the University of Queensland Centenary Celebrations.

This Luncheon, which was held at St Lucia on April 16, involved almost 300 guests and was held in honour of graduates of the University of 50 or more years standing. It was hosted by the Vice Chancellor of the University and involved a number of high profile guests, including the Governor of Queensland.

Our 2009 Chardonnay and 2008 Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon, which both won medals at the 2009 Australian Small Winemakers Show, were served at the meal, and by all accounts they were very well received.

 

October 2009

Three Medals at the Australian Small Winemakers Show

Twisted Gum Wines is very pleased to announce that we have been awarded three Bronze Medals at the Australian Small Winemakers Show (ASWS) on October 22.

We think that this is a excellent result from the four wines in our very first release.

The award winning wines were our 2008 Shiraz Cabernet, 2009 Unwooded Chardonnay and 2009 Pink Moscato. 

For more information on our wines, see the Tasting Notes page.

THE ASWS is the major Australian wine show for small wineries.  In 2009 there were over 1800 entries from in excess of 370 commercial wineries from all over Australia. 

For more information on the ASWS see:  http://www.asws.com.au/.

The SolarSums calculator

A beta version of the SolarSums calculator - a Household Solar Investment Calculator - was released this month.

This is a tool that you can download and use to work out if solar power will be an economic choice for your household.

It was written by Tim Coelli (who has a PhD in economics) and is provided free of charge by Twisted Gum Wines.

To find out more, click on the SolarSums menu item.

 

August 2009

Mulch!!

Our second lot of mulch has arrived - all 270 cubic metres of it...

It will sit in two big piles until next year, when it is ready to be spread on those vineyard blocks which did not get mulch this year in June.