Winter Newsletter 2012
Vintage 2012 Update – As I wrote in our Vintage Newsletter in January this year, the rain we were experiencing at that time threatened to ruin our grape harvest for 2012. This has, in part, proven to be true. We were fortunate to be able to harvest most of our Hunter White grapes in good to very...
Danielle McManus Exhibition
Opening night – Friday September 21st, 2012. One of our most popular artists, Danielle McManus, is currently working on a series of paintings, charcoals, pastels and ceramics which will be exhibited, and offered for purchase, at Mistletoe Winery’s Pokolbin Gallery. The opening night of the...
Eat Play & Stay @ Mistletoe
We had a recent visit from the team at “Eat, Play Stay” to do a little video clip… what do you think of it? Nick and Ken at their finest… along with lots and lots of beautiful Mistletoe scenery! Read More →
New Wines 2012
We have made a couple of new styles of wine this year. First, we are in the process of producing a genuine Methode Champenoise (the same method as used for making Champagne – i.e. secondary fermentation takes place in the bottle) – this is a dry Sparkling white wine. It is in the French “Blanc...
New Releases May 2012
The three new releases in this newsletter are new vintages of some of our most loved wines. They are the:2011 Reserve Semillon, 2011 Chardonnay, and The Rose 2011 2011 was a very good vintage in the Hunter, right across the range of reds and whites and we commend these wines to you. The 2011 Chardonnay...
May 17, 2012 by Ken
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Mistletoe Sculpture Prize 2012
The Mistletoe Acquisitive Sculpture Prize, founded by Mistletoe Winery, commenced in 2003. Previously entry was restricted to students of Fine Art at the University of Newcastle. Ken and Gwen Sloan, the owners of Mistletoe Winery in the Hunter Valley decided that from 2011 they would extend entry to...
2011 Reserve Semillon
Classic Hunter Semillon from a very good, hot, dry vintage. Excellent fruit, hand harvested, whole bunch pressed followed by extended cold fermentation with 4 months on lees prior to preparation for bottling. Beautifully fragrant with lemon/lime, herb, spice and grass all intermingling; balanced with...
May 17, 2012 by Ken
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2011 Chardonnay
Perfect fruit, hand picked, whole bunch pressed with total barrel fermentation and maturation in older French oak. A fruit driven full flavoured generous palate with mineral, melon, stone fruit flavours combining with creamy oak undertones. We consider this to be one of the very best Chardonnay we have...
May 17, 2012 by Ken
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2011 The Rose
This is Mistletoe’s 14th Vintage of this Rosé style. Made from whole bunch pressed Shiraz. Beautiful clear, bright, red/purple in colour with a spicy red berry fruits bouquet. The sweetness is in balance with the acidity giving a clean crisp finish on the palate. Ideal wine to accompany Asian...
May 17, 2012 by Ken
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Cuvee Petillant Blanc
Petillant is the French word for Bubbly or sparkling that has been traditionally used to describe fizzy wines other than Champagne. This wine is a blend of Hunter Valley Semillon and Chardonnay. It is an ideal aperitif style exhibiting melon and citrus lemon flavours on the palate but finishing crisp...
