Did you know that we bottle our wines onsite at our winery? Our team recently braved the early chilly winter mornings to bottle just under 1800 dozen wines. After the bottling truck had packed up and the boys enjoyed a well earned beer, we caught up with our winemaker Nick Toy, on what we should…
Savagnin is a variety with a short and somewhat chequered history in Australia. Originally from the northern Italian region of South Tyrol, this mutation of the ancient Traminer grape variety made its way across the Alps to the French region of Jura, where it is still grown extensively today. Closely related genetically to the famed…
86% Shiraz, 14% Durif This a wine fit for a grand occasion The Terraces is our reserve Shiraz blend, a combination of 86% Shiraz and 14% Durif. It is only made in exceptional years and the 2008 is the only release made in the past decade that has so far made it to reserve status.…
At Feathertop, we like to set the bar high when deciding if a wine makes ‘Reserve’ status. It has to offer something extraordinary and leave a distinct impression on us from fruit stage right through to when it’s in bottle. The first Cabernet Sauvignon to leave such an impression in almost a decade is from…