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The CVWGA in partnership with the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board are offering members highly subsidised training and on-going support to help both grower and winery businesses achieve SWA membership or certification

Wine show judging is a mysterious affair. Behind closed doors, seasoned professionals sip, sniff and spit their way through hundreds of wines, their taste buds holding the power to change the life of a small producer and underscore the reputation of a big one. Valley Magazine Editor PAUL DOWLING gained a glimpse of this intense, pressurised world when he shadowed wine judge Michael Kane at the 2021 Langton's Clare Valley Wine Show.

Join in on the fun at the SA Pruning Championships, being held at Kilikanoon's Morrison Vineyard on Friday 17th of June.

The Clare Valley SCA Gourmet Week has been deemed a great success with sold out events across the 10-day program held last week – making it one of the most successful over its 38-year-old history.

Manoora, Spalding & Balaklava - 3 & 4 May 2022

The renowned Clare Valley Gourmet will return to the picturesque Clare Valley in May 2021, but this year, it has taken on a revived format.

Fringe arrived early at Clare, as a galaxy of Fringe stars launched the wine region’s official Adelaide Fringe cellar door, Clare at the Queens, in spectacular fashion at the picturesque Pikes Wines in the Clare Valley.

The Clare Valley would increase its vineyard area by more than 30% (another 1600 hectares) if additional irrigation water was available, according to a pre-feasibility study released yesterday by the Clare Valley Wine & Grape Association.

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The Visionary 2014 was “a Cabernet with a superb, sparkling garnet robe. A nose both complex and open, and should please everyone. This is a flawless, modern Cabernet that will please immediately.” The President of the Association des Sommeliers Lyonnais et Rhône-Alpes Laurent Derhé (named Best Sommelier in France, 2007)

Stephanie Toole - one of a group of excellent women winemakers, Fredric Koeppel

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"The year 2014 was a stellar vintage, providing the grapes for its ground-breaking The Legacy cabernet sauvignon, as well as The Visionary cabernet, both of which pushed Taylors up the scoreboard. St Andrews cabernet and shiraz from 2016 also excelled." Huon Hooke

Exciting changes at Kilikanoon. Read about it here!

Hans spent a day/night exploring the Clare Valley. He even rode the Riesling Trail in his multi-coloured synthetic jumpsuit!

As of the 1st of June, wineries are permitted to offer tastings with some restrictions in place. Here’s a list of Clare Valley Cellar Doors preparing to reopen to visitors.

The 2020 iteration of the event will be unlike any other, with virtual tastings, live cooking demos, and gourmet grazing boxes to be enjoyed from the comfort of home.

The Clare Valley winemakers are reinventing the annual event and hosting it virtually. It kicks off this Thursday and runs til Sunday. So, all you need to do is to order the wine and get ready!

A one-stop Clare Valley Bottle Shop with over 25 producers to choose from. Pre-order, request delivery or pop in to Vanguardist Wine Room to collect your goodies.

Staying informed during COVID-19 - the CVWGA will continue to keep all Members updated via e-newletters with any relevant news and resources regarding COVID-19. Stay safe!

Clare Valley module is now available - a free education program

The story behind Jeffrey Grosset and Stephanie O'Toole

2019 BEST WINE OF SHOW Jim Barry Trophy

2018 Leasingham Classic Clare Cabernet Sauvignon. WHAT A DAY FOR LEASINGHAM!

Sponsored by Langton’s

• Magpie and Stump Hotel, Mintaro • Every Saturday and Sunday in October and November • Including Monday 7 October (Labour Day long weekend) • Open 11am - 5pm

A soil-pit field day was held yesterday for Clare Valley grape growers as part of a collaborative project which uses innovative mapping technologies to tackle reducing vineyard variability.

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