Famous Bellarine Peninsula winery, Curlewis has from this month become a new feature in the Woods Wines portfolio.  With their devotion to Burgundian and Rhône winemaking styles and a commitment to low yield viticulture, Curlewis has become well known for exquisite Pinots, Chardonnay and Syrah.  Although one of the smallest producers in the region, Curlewis wines are among the best known, and feature on the lists of top restaurants Australia-wide.
     Located on the Bellarine Peninsula, Curlewis enjoys a cool maritime climate.  The main vineyard of MV6 Pinot Noir was planted in 1985 in 1m of black cracking clay laying over 30m of limestone-marl which gives richness, depth of colour and minerality.  A further 3 acres of Pommard was planted in 2005 and first introduced in the 2012 vintage to provide further complexity and tannin structure to the Pinots.  The vines rarely produce more than 1.5 tons per acre. The result is premium fruit which produces complex, well balanced, and sophisticated wines.  The wines are hand-made and low intervention utilising French styles from Burgundy and Rhône, but benefitting from a more consistent climate and some new techniques to create greater concentration and flavour ripeness yet still with the length of palate that goes with ultra-premium wines the world over.  The full bag of pinot noir wine-making tricks are used: wild yeast, hot-fermentation, post-ferment maceration, prolonged lees contact and bottling the wine neither fined nor filtered.
​     If you're an existing Curlewis customer, or would like to become one, please contact us at Woods Wines and we'll get you started asap!  For contact options, click here.

The famous Sally's Paddock is now part of the Woods Wines family.  This Langton's "Distinguished" wine has been listed in their classification since its inception, and is a true icon of the Australian industry.  Made by Neill Robb and his daughter Sasha, the wines include Sasha's eponymous Pyrenees range of a NV sparkling, a Sangiovese rosé and a shiraz at very reasonable prices, as well as the next level Sally's Hill range which covers Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Malbec, Cabernet Franc, Shiraz and Cabernets.  Naturally we also have the grand dame herself - The Sally's Paddock - which comes as a 375ml of the 2009 vintage, a 750ml for the 2013 and for a select few, an individually boxed magnum of the 2012 vintage.  These wines have never been widely available in the past as they've only ever been sold directly by Neill himself, so this is a real opportunity.  Call our office, or one of our consultants if you'd like to ask about these very special wines.

Made by Simon Black in Red Hill, these wines are made from premium grapes which have for some time made their way into a number of well-known wineries elsewhere on the Mornington Peninsula.  We've secured their Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir for our list, but have already sold out of the Pinot!  All three wines have proved popular and are well priced for their quality.  

After a short break withour any Whispering Angel on hand, the new, 2013 vintage has finally landed and will start shipping to our customers this week.
    As usual, winemaker Patrick Léon and owner Sacha Lichine have done an extraordinary job to produce another beautifully crafted rosé which has already started gaining accolades in Europe, where it was released to the arrival of their Spring.
    We've updated our website with the new vintage, so if you're after a tasting note and some comments by the European press, click on the tasting note link on the Chateau D'Esclans page, or right here!

Hillcrest estate from the Yarra Valley, only recently moved onto their 2012 vintage which, as with most of the Yarra Valley, was quite small.  So small, in fact, that the vintage is already completely sold out - as are stocks of the earlier vintages we list.  The next couple of vintages are also going to be in very tight supply due to vintage conditions in the valley, but we will advise availability both here and in our portfolio listing as soon as the new wines come on line.  Meanwhile, if you don't have a copy of our Autumn list, feel free to contact any of our consultants, or drop us a line at head office. . .

The first couple of months with Louis Max have been fantastic.  Incredibly, we must announce that we have sold out of several wines already! The Mâcon Villages, Mercurey les Rochelles and Chablis Saint Jean are still in stock, but we have no more of the Fleurie Beaujolais, the Viré Clessé or Pouilly Fuisse.  Of course we have more on the way, plus new vintages