NSW Small Winemakers Show

The NSW Small Winemakers Show this year celebrated its 20th Annual Wine Show . This a very important wine show for the small wineries of NSW with a limit of 500 tonnes crushed annually being the main condition of entry. The 2011 Show saw the receipt of nearly the same number of entries as the Hunter... 

James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2012

Long recognized as the most definitive wine guide published in Australia, the 2012 edition was released on July 27th 2011. Mistletoe has received a most rewarding result, retaining the coveted 5 Red Star rating, the highest accolade given in the book. This rating puts Mistletoe in the Top 5% of wineries... 

Winter Newsletter 2011

At the time of drafting the Mistletoe Vintage Newsletter, we had still to harvest Hunter Valley Shiraz, as well as grapes from Hilltops (Young NSW), and New England NSW. We harvested the Hunter reds without any problems except for one of our contracted vineyards which was lost to fungal disease brought... 

Mistletoe Acquisitive Sculpture Prize 2011

Ken and Gwen Sloan, the owners of Mistletoe Winery in the Hunter Valley, invite all sculptors working in any merdium, for the 2011 award. The prize is in two sections: An acquisitive award with a value of $8,000, and Vox Populi award of $1,000 – non-acquisitive The sculpture judged to be the winner... 

2011 Vintage Newsletter

Completion of hand harvest – Mistletoe Home Vineyard Semillon – Jan 28, 2011 As we prepare this newsletter we have nearly finished harvesting grapes in the Hunter Valley with just our best red blocks to come… In our Christmas newsletter we told you that we had experienced a very difficult... 

Optimum Wine Serving Temperatures

We are often asked by our customers at what temperature should we be serving our wines? White wines are often served too cold… and red wines too hot. If white wines are served too cold, the cold can mask the fruit flavours. Whilst refreshing, it may make the wine seem a little bland. If the wine... 

Christmas Newsletter 2010

As we said in last year’s Christmas Newsletter – where has the last 12 months gone? At Mistletoe we have been very busy the whole year – no chance for boredom to set in here! It has again been a very successful, and exciting, year for Mistletoe with us achieving many excellent results, and also... 

Corporate Christmas Wine Gifts

With Christmas 2010 not too far away, it is timely to consider your corporate gift strategy and avoid the common last minute rush, in what, for most businesses, is the busiest time of the year. If you are like us at Mistletoe, you have worked very hard to establish yourself as a recognized leader in... 

Spring Newsletter 2010

Winter is rapidly fading as we draw closer to Spring… and Spring is a most wonderful time of the year in the vineyard when we see life again kicking into the dormant vines. Within weeks the landscape is transformed from barren areas, punctuated with skeletal vines, to a lush, vibrant green, mosaic... 

James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2011

Long recognized as the most definitive wine guide published in Australia the 2011 edition of James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion was released on July 28th 2010. Mistletoe has received a most rewarding result, retaining the coveted 5 Red Star rating, the highest accolade given in the book. Of... 

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