News — review

This week saw a wonderful achievement for the 2021 Grazia! Our unique textural blend has achieved a remarkable feat as one of James Suckling's Top 100 Wines of Australia in 2024. Selected at #62, it is the second of 3 Italian varietals and first of 2 Italian whites to make the list. The only wine from the Alpine Valleys too.  Senior Editor Ryan Montgomery said of the list: 'This year’s tasting journey across Australia extended beyond the classics – those iconic shiraz, chardonnay and riesling wines that define Australia’s global reputation – to uncover many new, exciting and unique offerings....

  With an earlier vintage in 2024, barreling down was finished a little earlier than in other years so we've taken the opportunity to spend more time on the road visiting customers in Melbourne and Sydney.  So when the opportunity arose to participate in a few of Young Gun of Wine's Italian varietal tastings, I obviously couldn't say no! Tasting 55 Australian iterations of Sangiovese should never be passed up, so too to hear the thoughts of the sommeliers, buyers & fellow winemakers who made up the panel. These are important tastings to see where Australia is at, with a diversity...

Sommelier Jane Lopes was a big fan of our wines back in the day as sommelier at Attica, so it’s wonderful to celebrate the release of her new book, How to Drink Australian, coauthored with Jonathan Ross. We're sure this seminal tome will soon become an authoritative dictionary on Australian wine. With some very kind words on Vinea Marson, see below - we encourage you to pick up a copy of the book at your nearest independent bookstore. About Vinea Marson, Jane writes: ‘Mario Marson spend many years working as a winemaker, including 15 with John Middleton at Mount Mary...