NEWS

A Brash White Field Blend

02 November 2012

by Brash HigginsBrash Higgins has our first white wine ready for bottle, a unique ensemble of riesling and semillon from a cool climate site along the Kangarilla foothills of McLaren Vale, hand picked on the same day, then basket pressed and co-fermented wild in barrel. Look for this field blend…

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On To The Broader Playing Field We Go

21 September 2012

by Brash Higgins Brash is a new entry into the 2013 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion, a good start, indeed. Nice to be in the ‘bible’ of Aussie wine. Thanks, Mr. Halliday. BH

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Small Wine Goes Into A Big Book

11 September 2012

by Brash Higgins Brash NDV Cracks James Halliday’s 2013 Australian Wine Companion with conviction. Thanks, Mr. Halliday. BH

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Matthew Jukes, GR/M, and Wine Rules

06 September 2012

by Brash Higgins Famed UK wine writer, Matthew Jukes, took a taste of the Brash GR/M last week and really liked it(see below tasting note). The Brash All-Stars like him, too, and are playing footy in his Wine Rules charity in Melbourne Nov.18 to help fight homelessness. www.winerules.com.au

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LATE ARVO IN THE VINEYARD

27 August 2012

by Brash Higgins Pruning the nero d’Avola vines on our Omensetter Vineyard is the priority in late Winter. Here freshly groomed vines interlace on the verdant front block. Pruning by lunar cycles is best done when the moon’s in a descending phase. BH

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All Hail Vale Grenache

04 August 2012

by Brash Higgins Brash GR/M handsomely reviewed in the July 17 Weekly Review by Ben Thomas, and a sweet write up for the McLaren Vale district as a whole. Thanks, Ben. BH go here for link: www.theweeklyreview.com.au/article-display/Going-for-the-great-grenache/5218

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Brash ‘NDV’: a Vintage 2011 Love Story

18 July 2012

by Brash Higgins Vintage 2011 wasn’t easy, but some standouts are to be found, according to Campbell Mattinson in the August Wine Companion (p.34), amongst them the Brash Higgins ‘NDV’

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Good Things Are Coming Our Way

30 June 2012

by Brash Higgins Sharp tasting notes and write up for the Brash NDV in June’s Sumptuous Magazine by Louise Radman; thanks, LR. The “little wine that could” keeps on keeping on. BH

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Brash ‘NDV’ Hits Gourmet Traveller Wine

10 June 2012

by Brash Higgins Helluva BH nero d’Avola write up by Nick Ryan in June’s Gourmet Traveller Wine “Wines to Watch” (p.46). “The result is a revelation…startlingly bright and racy. You can almost hear it hum… If this is how nero d’Avola can perform in this country, I want to see…

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Untangling Field Blends

05 June 2012

We made our first white wine this year at Brash Higgins, which is very exciting news, because it’s not as easy as it sounds. 2012 was a good year for whites in McLaren Vale, and many passes thru white varietal vineyards had me thinking this could be the year. For…

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