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LATEST NEWS:
WHICHER RIDGE WINES LAUNCHED ON THE WORLD
The World, a luxury cruise ship described as the "most luxurious ship afloat", arrived in Fremantle on the 19th January, as part of an eight week voyage around Australia. We arranged a tasting on board The World with the Head Sommelier, Marinela Ivanova ... " Yesterday I have made a new discovery as a sommelier by tasting your wines. I loved their style very much and I am quite sure that I will read a lot about Whicher Ridge in future. I would also be able to boast that I actually have tried your wines when the winery has first started."
Three of our wines were selected, the 2009 Frankland River Riesling, 2009 Geographe Viognier, and the 2007 Margaret River Shiraz. Go to our News page to read more about The World and our tasting with Marinela.
DONATION TO PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL
We donated twenty cases of our wine to the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), to assist them in raising funds for much needed equipment. The PMH is the major childrens hospital in Perth. the funds raised purchase three feed pumps, which then enabled three children to spend Christmas at home with their families, instead of having to stay in hospital.
If you would like more information about Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, visit their website PMH Foundation. Click here to read Lesley Hooper's (Director of Corporate Development, PMH Foundation), Whicher Ridge Letter.
WHICHER RIDGE WINERY SWEETHEART SERIES
Being one of only a few wineries close to Busselton, we decided to get involved in sponsoring local events, and with Cathy's interest in horses, we decided to sponsor a race at the Busselton Trotting Club. The Club only holds races over the summer period in January, and the race that we sponsored on the 8th January, was for mares only, The Whicher Ridge Winery sweetheart Series FY & M Discretionary Pace. The race was one by Striking Grace, trained by a local, Kym Neal from Yallingup, and we presented Kym with a case of our wine as part of the reward for his win.
The evening was a lot of fun, and we highly recommend it to anyone living in or holidaying in Busselton to go along on a Friday evening during January. The trots are held at Churchill Park in the centre of Busselton.
LATEST WINE INDUSTRY NEWS
The Australian wine industry is doing it very tough at the moment, and many boutique wineries like ours, as well as many medium to large wineries, are struggling to survive amidst tough economic times and rising production costs.
To keep up to date with what is happening in the wine industry both at home in Australia, and overseas, on this and other recent news, go to our News page.
LATEST REVIEWS:
RAY JORDAN: RAY JORDAN'S 2010 WA WINE GUIDE
Ray's book has just been released. To read the full reviews on our wines, go to our Reviews page.
HUON HOOKE: SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Huon reviewed our 2009 Frankland River Riesling recently. To read the Top 50 Summer Wines review, go to our Reviews page.
JENI PORT: EPICURE, THE AGE
Jeni has also reviewed our 2009 Frankland River Riesling. To read the full article on Frankland River rieslings written by Jeni, go to our Reviews page.
JAMES HALLIDAY AUSTRALIAN WINE COMPANION 2010 EDITION:
WHICHER RIDGE WINES: FOUR STARS: 2007 Shiraz, Score: 93/100
This is our first entry in James Halliday's best selling and definitive guide to Australian wine, and we are very pleased with his review on our 2007 Shiraz and his comments.
Click on James Halliday Wine Companion to read more.
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