We recommend you take the opportunity to visit the many venues hosting exhibitions and workshops as part of the Barossa Arts Festival, the program of events looks like there is something for everyone.
Every year during October the Barossa celebrates all things Riesling, a variety that is both delicious & versatile.
At Bethany Wines we source our Riesling grapes from the Batten vineyard and Goodchild vineyard in Eden Valley for our dry style Rieslings. A strong partnership which has continued for many years and allowed us to produce various styles of Rieslings to suit all tastes.
Our late picked Riesling is harvested by hand from our own Quarry vineyards located just in front of the cellar door. The fruit may look shriveled and golden at the time of picking but this is perfect for sweetness and flavour.
The result is some truly stunning wines in 2022. We have Shiraz of exceptional aromatic purity and brightness with fine and significant tannins giving structure and freshness. Cabernet is a true standout this year, it always benefits from a more gentle growing season and that is certainly what it got in 2022. The whites are balanced and bright across the board and Grenache and its friends all benefited from time on the vine (as opposed to high warmth) to develop full, bright and rich flavours.Â
It was a long vintage (first crush 28 January, last press 29 April), so there were a few tired heads around in May, but the results will most definitely be worth it! Enjoy, Alex MacClelland
We finished Vintage 2020 as the world started to experience the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic. So none of us really knew what Barossa’s 2021 Vintage would be like.
Part of the fun of growing grapes and making wine is never knowing what each vintage will deliver. But after 40 years, we have the experience and skills to make the best wine we can under any circumstances.
Wine clubs aren’t a new thing. Wineries and other groups have been running wine clubs of all shapes and sizes for many years. But in the last year, with lockdowns and travel restrictions, joining a wine club and having a regular delivery from your favourite winery has become an ever better idea. In this article, we share 6 good reasons to join a wine club.
The James Halliday Wine Companion is viewed by consumers and the wine trade as a key barometer of Australian wine. Bethany Wines is proud to have been recognised as a Five Red Star winery. 12 of our wines received over 94 points with seven wines receiving 95-97 points. In this blog, we're sharing the reviews of our wines and what it means for us.
2020 marks the 39th vintage for Bethany Wines. After a dry summer, we knew it would be a tough vintage. But no-one could have imagined we'd be making wine during a global pandemic. Fortunately that didn't stop our winemaking team, so in this blog, winemaker Alex MacClelland shares his thoughts on this milestone vintage.
In what is believed to be a first, Bethany Wines has taken out the top trophy for the Most Outstanding Barossa Wine at the 2017 Barossa Wine Show with a single varietal Grenache. The2016 Bethany Old Vine Grenacheshone through to be awarded three of the most prestigious trophies including Best Grenache; Most Outstanding Barossa Red Table Wine; and Most Outstanding Barossa Wine. An achievement all the more impressive in a region traditionally championed for it’s Shiraz.
Our cellar door might be shut because of COVID-19. But our Bethany Wines cellar door team are still here working behind the scenes to welcome you back soon.
You might know a little about our family and our wine making team. But we thought you should know a bit about the amazing team that welcome our guests to cellar door.
Kim, David and Jo are the face of Bethany Wines. They’re the smiling faces that greet you at cellar door. They love our wines as much as we do, and they love sharing the stories behind those wines.                    Â
They’re a wealth of knowledge, not just about the Bethany Wines story, but about the Barossa.
And there’s no doubt they’re missing pouring our wines and telling our story, just as we are.
So until you can visit us, here’s an introduction from each of our Bethany Wines cellar door team.
Bethany Wines’ family vineyard in the Barossa Foothills continues to be an active participant in a project exploring the effect of ‘terroir’ on wine.
24th Feb 2019
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