Decanter highlights MCC in May 2020

We are thrilled to see our 2018 MCC Mataro-Cinsault-Carignan receive a 93pt review in the May 2020 issue of UK’s top wine magazine, Decanter. Some of our range, including this number, are imported into the UK by Berkmann Cellars. You can find a lot of our wines in the UK at www.allaboutwine.co.uk “Chicago-born Brad Hickey…

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Max Allen portrait of BH in Fin Review

Writer and presenter Max Allen wrote a nice piece on Brash Higgins in the Feb 14, 2020 Australian Financial Review. The piece focused on BH’s pioneering use of the Sicilian red wine grape Nero d’Avola and his use of locally made amphora. The beginning of the advenyture was summed up in the pieces intro: “In…

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Levi Dalton interviews Brash on “I’ll Drink to That!” Ep. 335

Episode 335 of I’ll Drink to That! was released recently. It features Brad Hickey, who is the winemaker of the Brash Higgins winery in the McLaren Vale of Australia. >Full interview here or Stitcher Some words on the interview by Alder Yarrow: “This is an interview in two parts, really. In the first half of…

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NDV Wins ‘Rule Breaker’ Award

Brash Higgins Nero d’Avola won the prestigious “Rule Breaker” award at the SA Hot 100 wine show last week in Adelaide. The grapes, grown on our estate vineyard, spend 180 days on skins in locally made amphora. Bright and jubilant, it’s a great example of the new wine style that’s sweeping the nation. Here’s the…

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BLOOM: Umami Dynamo Set Loose

Recently our “new” oxidative white wine, “BLOOM”, was reviewed by wine writer Dave Brookes in The Adelaide Review and also had some nice comments from Mike Bennie, Nick Stock and Max Allen. The wine’s rich and savoury personality developed from 8 years in barrel has raised a few eyebrows since its May release. Only 35 cases means there’s not a much to go…

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Organic Certificate for Brash’s Omensetter Vnyd

organic certification for Brash Higgins

Brash Higgins‘ Omensetter Vineyard has been certified compliant for Australian Certified Organic, a big transformation and accomplishment for the viticulture program in McLaren Vale. The fruit for the Brash Higgins NDV, SHZ, CBSV and Omensetter Shiraz is 100% sourced from Brash and Nicole’s “Omensetter Vineyard”. Planted in 1997, the vineyard sits on a great patch of dirt on…

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97 points to Omensetter Shiraz from James Suckling

Brash Higgins Omensetter Shiraz 2010 gets a whopping 97 points from wine writer Nick Stock recently in his Jamessuckling.com McLaren Vale report, putting the wine at the very top of over 300 wines tasted. Here’s Nick’s note in full: “There’s an Australian euphemism known as ‘guts’ which basically equates to maximum courage. This wine is a gutsy wine. It is a single vineyard offering…

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Rose Party-“15 Shades of Rose”- 2KW Bar

Brash Higgins’”NYMPH” Rose, a co-ferment of Cinsault and Carignan, will be on pour by the big man himself this Feb 23, 2019 in Adelaide at 2KW Bar with 14 other carefully selected pink drops. Sommelier Liinaa Berry will be in her element as we drink and taste these dry blush wines from some of SA’s…

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Food & Wine Magazine profiles Brash

Brash Higgins’ winemaker and vinitor, Brad Hickey, was profiled in America’s Food & Wine Magazine recently by Christina Pickard. Here’s what she had to say: American Winemakers Down Under “Raising Expectations in McLaren Vale” “McLaren Vale has long struggled to shake its reputation as a bulk wine region. It’s the last place you’d expect to find pithy, ginger-and-lemon tea…

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Jancis on Brash ZBO: “One of the most interesting wines”

“A lesson for many a winemaker around the world” is what Jancis Robinson said about the 2015 Brash Higgins ZBO. The whole tasting note reads, “Big and bold and satisfying from grapes that you could hardly give away in the past. Skin contact has given this wine real energy. A lesson for many a winemaker around the…

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Qantas Inflight goes for the ZBO

Qantas Inflight magazine recommends the Brash ZBO Zibibbo in its April edition. Written by wine writer Peter Bourne, the article explores the “Orange” wine craze which is sweeping the nation. Orange wines are white wines made like reds, meaning the skins stay in the fermenter a lot longer than normal to make wines with more tannin and complexity than…

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GR/M makes the SA Hot 100 Wines

The 2014 Brash Higgins ‘GR/M’ Grenache/Mataro Co-ferment was picked last week as one of South Australia’s most drinkable wines in the 2015/2016 season. The Adelaide Review Hot 100 event is a yearly wine show based in Adelaide that’s purpose is to find and celebrate the most drinkable wines in South Australia. Thousands of wines from all over South Australia are…

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Rootstock Sydney 2015 A Success

Big weekend was had in Sydney Nov 28-29, as Brash Higgins and other wine artisans held the fort at the 3rd annual Rootstock Sydney Wine Fair. A great international event that focuses on sustainable and organic practices in food and drinks organised by Mike Bennie, Giorgio di Maria and James Hird plus many more. Visit the…

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Team Brash runs NYC Marathon

Nov 1, Brash Higgins and two mates from overseas are joining together to form Team BRASH to run the NYC Marathon, raising heaps of charity funds for The Childhood Cancer Association (CCA) of South Australia in the process. Recently a wine industry colleague of mine’s son was diagnosed with a rare cancerous tumour. As I was running…

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London-21st Century Vino

Join Brash Higgins and other exciting Aussie producers in London Sept 29 for 21st Century Vino, a tasting of wines made with Italian varietals imported into Oz by the Chalmers family; 21stCenturyVino 21st Century Vino is all about celebrating the quality and diversity of Australian wine. The 21st Century Vino concept tracks and encourages Australian wine’s evolution beyond an homogeneous approach, one focused…

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BH Nero d’Avola-Winter Red Snuggler

Wine writer Dave Brookes gave the Brash 2014 “NDV” Nero d’Avola a good look recently and liked what he saw in this weekend’s Adelaide Review: “Bruised red/purple in the glass, there’s a sense of earthy wildness to its aromas. Scents of rich black and dark fruits certainly, but it shows exotic souk-like spice notes along with hints of dried tangerine…

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