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Madeleine Marson
Review Roundup: UK Wine Journo & Bon Vivant Joe Wadsack in The Buyer

Review Roundup: UK Wine Journo & Bon Vivant Joe Wadsack in The Buyer

A highlight of our time in the vineyard & winery is welcoming wine journalists to share our story. It was no hard day in the office when we welcomed BBC UK Journalist Joe Wadsack to Vinea Marson on a cold winter's day.  Joe's summary of a whirlwind trip around Victoria's 21 wine regions is currently featured as a 3-part epic in The Buyer. We were delighted to hear his thoughts on our wines in Part 1 - Discovering Victoria: Australia's most exciting wine region.  On Heathcote, Joe writes:  'One exciting evolution for the region is the exploration of Italian varieties....

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Madeleine Marson
Review Roundup: James Suckling

Review Roundup: James Suckling

We recently hosted newly appointed taster for Australia for jamessuckling.com, Ryan Montgomery to the vineyard for a tour & tasting. Turns out Ryan's roots are much closer to home than his current California base, having grown up in Bendigo & attended school with my sisters and I! It was lovely to have a lengthy chat about Australian & Italian wines and share stories of our experiences in wine. Summaries of Ryan's visits around Australia are most interesting, and so we were excited to hear his thoughts on Vinea Marson in a recent Weekly Round Up.  'Although Heathcote is a shiraz-focused region,...

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Madeleine Marson
Amici: Tony Tan

Amici: Tony Tan

We'll be sharing the stories of our AMICI - friends who share our passion for artisinal production, sustainability, food & wine. The first - the great Tony Tan, restauranteur, chef, educator and a generous friend to us here at Vinea Marson.

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Madeleine Marson
YGOW: Australia's Best Sangiovese

YGOW: Australia's Best Sangiovese

  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...

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