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Our Story So Far ....
We started searching for just the right site to plant a vineyard in
2002, and eventually found our property at Chapman Hill in 2003. Our
Whicher Ridge brand ideas crystallised into a plan to build up a range
of five regional wines for release in 2009.
After much research (involving wine tasting of course!), in 2004 and
2005 we planted three of Bordeaux's great varieties, sauvignon blanc,
petit verdot and cabernet sauvignon, as well as a lesser known Rhone
variety, viognier in our Odyssey Creek vineyard.
We decided that our Whicher Ridge shiraz and riesling would come from
the Frankland River region, and after searching for just the right vineyard
we found one in 2009 where we could source both of these varieties.
Next step was to have full control over how we made our wines, so we bit the financial bullet, and built a small winery next to our vineyard in March 2009.
Our wine range is slowly but surely evolving, and building in strength. Our first release wines
were a 2007 Margaret River Shiraz and a 2008 Geographe Sauvignon Blanc,
followed by our 2009 Frankland River Riesling in 2009, then in mid 2010, we released our 2009 Geographe Viognier, 2008 Geographe
Cabernet sauvignon, and 2008 Frankland River Shiraz.
Our Brand Story ... which ties in with our label
"The lightning bolt striking the ridge is symbolic of our energy, strength and power that has gone into developing the Whicher Ridge vineyard, wines and brand.
Our energy is going into the vineyard to produce grapes of the very highest quality, and into producing wines that we are proud to offer to our customers. Our strength is our combined skills and knowledge gained over many years in the wine industry and our unwavering attention to detail. Our power is our partnership of a highly experienced viticulturalist and a highly skilled winemaker with a shared passion and dedication to producing wines with a true sense of place and purpose".
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