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, … [Read more...]
Ominous Omensetter
Ah, Winter in McLaren Vale. Not so warm this time of year. Finished pruning theSHZ on Omensetter Vineyard recently at Brash Higgins HQ. Following the lunar calendar, we had a long stretch of beautiful weather over a few Fruit Days to comfortably hand prune the 9 acres of premium SHZ. CBSV up next, then NDV. Pic by Angela Lisman angelalismanphotography.com.au/ … [Read more...]
MR.LO Remix
Brash Higgins has freshly bottled a brand NEW MRLO Merlot for your drinking pleasure. Fermented wild and aged in our Clay Amphora, it is fresh and slick drinking, but very limited. Express interest now wine@brashhiggins.com as the MRLO will be on the go early May 2015 to Bandwagon Members FIRST. … [Read more...]
Amphabulous Nero d’Avola
Brash Higgins 'NDV' nero d'Avola 2015 is fermenting away in its amphora homes. Looks to be an out of sight vintage, albeit with low yields and early harvest. … [Read more...]
Vintage 2011 and Getting the Nero Over the Line
The storm clouds they gathered and as a grape grower, it was white knuckle time again for Brash Higgins Wine Co. So much of the harvest is out of the grower's control; the weather, disease, insects and birds clearly have a mind of their own. On the heels of a healthy, dry 2010 harvest, disease pressure was the particular flavour of the vintage this time around, particularly in … [Read more...]
The Nero d’Avola Chronicles
We've been preparing our vineyard to harvest our very first crop of the red wine grape Nero d'Avola. It's a new variety to Australia and I'm going to put it under a new label I've been working on, which shall remain a secret for a little while longer. As a relative newcomer to this district, I'm proud to be hopefully making a variety that may one day become vital to this … [Read more...]
