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...
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...
Vintage Newsletter 2012
As I write this newsletter for Vintage 2012, it is Australia Day and all the Mistletoe Crew and family are here for the day working. Having a cellar door in a popular tourism area makes it obligatory for us to be open today as there are many people still on leave and travelling. Cassandra and Gwen are...
Visit the Hunter Now
Because of the wet weather we have experienced the Hunter Valley looks as good as you would ever wish to see it. Jump in the car and come up for the day, you will be glad you did! By the way, you will be able to get to the Hunter Valley from Sydney, Newcastle and the North Coast much faster from 2013. The...
20th Vintage for Mistletoe – 2012
The years keep rolling by! I hadn’t thought of it until the last few days but 2012 is our 20th vintage of making wine under the Mistletoe label. It has been the longest we have ever lived in one place and Gwen and I will more than likely spend the remainder of our lives here. If anyone had told...
2011 Awards and Accolades
In the period from May to November 2011, Mistletoe Winery has been awarded 4 Championships,9 Trophies,9 Gold medals, 9 Silver medalsand 23 Bronze medals. Following are some of the more notable achievements for Mistletoe over the last 12 months. Reserve Chardonnay 2009 Trophy – Best Chardonnay Australia...
2011 Christmas News
Welcome to the Mistletoe Winery Christmas newsletter for 2011. Where can we start??? Awards & Accolades. Mistletoe Reserve Chardonnay 2009 – NSW Wine of the Year! NSW Wine of the Year! Selected from over 800 entries – who would have thought that! Monday October 17th we were invited to attend...
2011 Chardonnay