Off and Picking... another cool panorama

Another cool panorama of a short lunch break as we kick off Vintage 2012 picking our Sauvignon Blanc.

Beautiful vineyard here in the Moonambel Hills...

JH

PS Click on the pic for a bigger, better view...

A walk through the vineyard

The Peerick Vineyard at Moonambel

 Great to have a walk through the gorgeous Peerick vineyard out of Moonambel today. What a great little oasis in the Pyrenees! Vineyard looking great. Disease free so far... 
Cabernet almost through flowering.
Looks like lower yields this year which will hopefully translate into some good concentration of flavour.
Fingers crossed for more sunny days like today!!

The Mitchell Harris 2012 Fumé 

Mitchell Harris Wines at Spring Graze Ballarat

A few pictures from a great night at Lydiard Wine Bar this week. Spring Graze was a satellite event of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival and showcased the best of fresh spring produce along with the range of Mitchell Harris wines.

We hand-disgorged a dozen bottles of our new sparkling, Sabre, which was served with fresh plump oysters. The dry, aperitif style was a brilliant match for this seafood canapé.

A Thai salad of spanner crab showed off chef Damien Jones' heritage in Thai cuisine brilliantly, and was matched with our 2011 Sauvignon Blanc Fumé, and our 2011 Rosé.

Through the night we patched in Johnno from his wine-show judging in Canberra, to introduce the sneak preview of Sabre. A great way to bring him in as a part of the evening, but obviously he would have preferred to indulge....

An incredible main of a rare rolled roast of Goldfields Spring Lamb was some of the best lamb I've ever tasted, and a brilliant centrepiece with our reds, 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon and 2009 Shiraz.

And a sublime way to finish the night was a dessert of blue cheese, pear and apple, matched with the fruit richness of our Special Release Muscat.

Make sure if you get a chance to drop into Lydiard Wine Bar in Ballarat

Special thanks to Alicia's sister Sally for the gorgeous images...

 www.sallymckay.com.au 

Just a Minute... The Mitchell Harris 2011 Sauvignon Blanc Fumé

Mitch and Johnno have a quick squiz at some beaut Sauvignon Blanc juice picked this week in the Pyrenees.

The cool 2011 looks a terrific vintage for our latest Fumé....

Mitchell Harris Sauvignon Blanc Fumé - matching with Thai-style Murray Cod

A quick (shaky, noisy) minute-or-so-long vid of our winemaker John Harris talking to wine-reviewer Ralph Kyte-Powell of The Age Epicure.

This was taken at the Daylesford Regional Producers' Day at the Lake House in Daylesford, brilliantly put together by the lady of the lake, Alla Wolf-Tasker.

Masterchef's Claire Winton Burn put together some beautiful Thai-inspired flavours to go with her luscious steamed Murray Cod.

Have a look at John explain why the Fumé style of Sauvignon Blanc might pair up a little better than what some of you may expect from the "Savalanche" of fruit-bomb style savvies...

We'll try to chase up Claire's recipe if possible...

...and yes, we've told John he needs a double-barrelled surname if he wants to keep matching it with stars like this!...

Wine Without BS: Mitchell Harris Sauvignon Blanc Fumé

Just a link across to the latest post from Stuart at Wine Without BS, and his no-nonsense wine reviews:

Happily, he seemed to enjoy a summer tasting of our Mitchell Harris Sauvignon Blanc Fumé:

"..amongst the best Sauvignon Blancs I've experienced this past year and beyond."


Check out the review here...