Jame’s Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2009 released on August 1st has rated Mistletoe as a 5-star winery for the third consecutive year (full extract is available here).
We now move to 5 red stars which is the highest rating achievable.
This is a fantastic achievement for Mistletoe as it puts us in the top 8% of wineries in Australia.
Other Recent Show Wins and Reviews
Winewise Small Vignerons Awards - 2008
* Trophy as Best Exhibitor
* Trophy - Best Chardonnay any vintage - Mistletoe Reserve Chardonnay 2006
* 4 Gold Medals
* 2 Silver Medals
* 8 Bronze Medals
Winewise Small Vigneron’s Awards Wine Show is widely regarded as being the most respected Australian wine show outside the national wine show circuit.
Entry is open to wineries that have production levels (under 250 tonnes) that are too small to be considered for entry in the major city wine shows.
Royal Agricultural Society Queensland 2008 Wine Show
* Trophy - Best Verdelho
* Silver Medal
Cowra Wine Show
* Gold Medal
* 2 Silver Medals
* 4 Bronze Medals
Wine Diva - Wine Of The Month - July 2008
Winestate - (Sept/Oct issue)
* Reserve Chardonnay 2007 - 4.5 Stars
* Chardonnay 2007 - 4 Stars
* Reserve Shiraz 2006 - 3.5 Stars
* Hunter - Hilltops Shiraz Cabernet - 3 Stars
* Reserve Semillon 2007 - 3 stars
Recent Articles
Mistletoe Wines have also been featured recently in these publications:
* Gourmet Wine Traveler Magazine
* Australian Medical Association Journal - AUSMED - pdf 876 KB
* The Melbourne Age
* Canberra Times - pdf 240 KB
* Noosa Times
* Newcastle Herald
* Sydney Morning Herald - Good Living
* Hunter Lifestyle Magazine - August
* ABC - Life etc. magazine - Reserve Chardonnay 2007
* Australian Golf Digest - Mistletoe 2006 Shiraz