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Paisley's 2024 Event Calendar

Kirsten and Derek have a list of events to which they will be headed in 2024. Go to the Visit Us & Events tab for more information about each event and how to get tickets. Heading to Melbourne in March – Wine & Cheese Fest – Sunday 3rd March at the TimberyardHeading to Adelaide in May – Bowerbird Market – Friday 3rd – Sunday 5th May at the Wayville ShowgroundsHeading to Sydney in June – Good Food & Wine Show – Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd June at the Sydney Conventi...

2023 Events Calendar

Derek and Kirsten are planning lots of trips around Australia this year. Take a look at the Visit Us and Events Tab to click on your state to find out where we will be next...I will be at the Mount Pleasant Market a couple of weekends a month, head to the Mount Pleasant Farmers Market social page to find out if I will be there this Saturday 8am - 12pm.SA - South Australia Spring Garden Festival - Saturday 23rd September in Mount PleasantSA - Yorke Peninsula Field Days - Tues 26th - Thurs 28th Se...

New Release Wines

The latter part of 2022 has been a busy one for Derek and I, with lots of bottlings and vintage change overs. Our newest releases are in time for summer, the 2022 Cashmere Riesling and 2022 Linen Fiano. The 2022 Cashmere Riesling fruit comes from two growers either side of the town of Eden Valley, just ten minutes drive from our property. So delicious with SA calamari and chips! The 2022 Linen Fiano comes from a grower in Kersbrook which is just inside the Adelaide Hills zone from the Baros...

Vintage '22 Report

I finally have some time to look back at the '22 vintage and reflect on what ended up being a slow and steady vintage.Decent winter rains through 2021 meant the vines had good soil moisture which ensured a healthy start with a flourish of early growth. The very cool start to spring meant budburst was at least two weeks later than anticipated, leading to the chance that picking would be at least two weeks later than normal.In the strangely cool South Aussie summer, the vines just cruised along wi...

Great Scores for our Whites

Derek and I were very chuffed with the scores from Winestate Magazine for our 2021 Linen Fiano and the 2021 Cashmere Riesling. 98 points - 2021 Linen Fiano97 points - 2021 Cashmere Riesling With summer one day behind us we can still enjoy these delicious whites with a warm prawn salad, steamed fish and barbecued chicken! Click here to visit the store to purchase your wines today....

Another event cancelled.... you will just have to come and see us instead!

Derek and I just got the news today (and many of you on the mailing list would have too) that Cellar Door Fest, scheduled for 2 weeks time, is the latest victim of the Covid pandemic.Derek and I have already had to cancel our pop up store in Moonta so we are sad to have another event cancelled. But in good news, if you are travelling to the Barossa, we love to host guests for tastings here at our home, so go the Experience page on our website and book your tasting with us. Hopefully we'll s...

Pop Up in Moonta cancelled due to covid

Hi thereSorry but Derek and I aren't able to run the Pop Up in Moonta this weekend due to covid restrictions relating to tastings having to be seated.We hope to see you at another event in the near future.Cheers Kirsten...

Spring Newsletter 2021

Newsletter Link - Click here read the newsletter on your browser  We started to write this newsletter a couple of days ago and the first line was about the sunny weather. Most of you would know that since that lovely sunny day, we have had a devastating hail and windstorm rip through parts of SA, including the Barossa. Things aren’t looking so great out in our vineyard now; it's scary what damage Mother Nature can do in about ten minutes. Fingers crossed the bunches that are bravely holdi...

Newsletter - July 2021

I've been Locked Out, I've been Locked In We are in quarantine at home in the Barossa, after we cancelled our trip to Sydney for the Good Food and Wine Show and tried to proceed on our holiday to Darwin before getting locked down on arrival in NT. If you are also in a lockdown situation somewhere in Australia - please feel free to check out the latest Spotify playlist Mixed by DJ Deadly Quarantine Woes. Hopefully it gives you something to smile abou...

Vintage 2021 is all wrapped up in a barrel or two

The 2021 vintage started way back in winter 2020 when we got good average rainfalls, for the first time in a few years. Derek was happy with how the baby vines were looking back in September when all the leaves started to uncurl. Our hopes for a bumper vintage got a bit of a scare mid-December when we had two days of unrelenting wind, with up to 100km gusts. Lots of leaves got blown off and we were worried that we had lost lots of our tiny Shiraz bunches. The baby vines, now two years old did no...

Paisley's Pop Up Cellar Door in Moonta this Easter

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Vintage 2021

Vintage is in full swing here in the beautiful Barossa. I am sitting at my desk looking at the Road Block Shiraz vines which are due to be picked next week. Derek has been busy crushing and pressing the reds while overseeing our Riesling ferment at another facility. Yesterday he popped out to check out a couple of vineyards to see how the fruit was ripening.   Fiano is coming in later next week along with some Grenache and our Shiraz.  We'll be all finished by the early ...

CDFest 2021 - Our First Event in 2021

Derek and I are super happy to be out and about tasting with customers again in February 2021. We’re pouring at Cellar Door Fest, 5 -7 February, 2021 at the Adelaide Convention Centre. Join us at Adelaide’s favourite food & drink festival and toast the best of SA! Tickets + more info at cellardoorfestival.com....

Our latest release is here - 2020 Linen Fiano

Here is the brand new 2020 Linen Fiano. The fruit comes from the same Adelaide Hills vineyard near Kersbrook, that we got fruit for the 2018 Fiano. We are delighted with the wine in bottle - floral nose with lemon and lime citrus notes and a hint of stone fruit. The old French oak barrels we store half the Fiano in, really enhances the floral nose. Drink now for Summer with seafood or a chicken salad!...

Review for our latest release - 2020 Cashmere Riesling

Such a refreshing drink. Another reason why you need to ditch the Sauv Blanc and make Riesling your drink of spring and summer. A bucket of limes await you. A juicy wine where Kaffir lime leaf and lime juice running riot. A dab of fruit sweetness can be seen but the senses are whisked away by white flowers and bath salts which add a pretty perfume. Some chalky goodness to close but the fresh factor is hard to beat. Damn, this is clever stuff. Chill hard and fill your glasses to the brim.  D...

Tastings by appointment are now again available.

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Paisley Wines Vintage 2020 News

Vintage 2020 to date is going really well for Paisley Wines - and we are pretty happy with this in light low yields across the Barossa. We are thankful that we managed to harvest 18 tonnes of Shiraz from our Angaston vineyard. We are excited to be introducing a new wine to the portfolio in 2020, the Cashmere Riesling. This Riesling comes from a small vineyard in Eden Valley, only about 15 minutes from our property. This will be released in around May this year - and it tastes fresh and deli...

Paisley Wines at the Cellar Door Fest event in Adelaide this February

Derek will be busy with vintage (although he hopes to make an appearance) so you will be tasting with Kirsten over the three day weekend event in Adelaide from Friday 7th until Sunday 9th February.           I will have the brand new 2018 Boombox Shiraz to taste over the weekend, along with the smooth 2017 Silk Shiraz, 2017 Velvet Grenache and the chocolate-y 2017 Denim Mataro.     ...

Pop Up Cellar Door in Moonta this January 2020

Derek and Kirsten are headed up to Moonta on the gorgeous Yorke Peninsula this January to run a Pop Up Cellar Door at the Interior Design and Homeware Store, The Miners Couch Co-operative. Located on the main street in Moonta at 59A George Street, the store will be located amongst all the pretty homeware's the shop is so well known for. We'll be tasting all our the Paisley Wines range over the three days - so come and taste and purchase some wines to take home - or drink while you are on holiday...

Halliday Wine Companion 2020 Results

Derek is feeling pretty chuffed by our latest reviews in the brand new Halliday Wine Companion 2020 Guide that hit the bookshelves yesterday. In only our second year of sending wines in for review and based on our small production, we are happy to see the reviews highlight consistently well made wines that offer excellent value for money. The highlight in the reviews is for our 2017 Mixed by DJ Deadly Turntable GSM which has scored highly over the last two years and comes in with a 95 point...

The latest reviews of our wines have us smiling wide!

Go directly to our Review page to see all the praise for our latest crop of wines, including the 2017 Turntable GSM which is in the new Halliday Magazine and the 2017 Velvet Grenache in the WBM Magazine. Campbell Mattinson has rated the wines highly in The Winefront as well!...

Derek's (overdue) 2019 Vintage Report

With all the wines packed up and “put to bed (barrel)” for a rest, it is time to reflect on the 2019 Barossa Vintage. Overall it was quite warm and the crop levels were the lowest for some time. There was less than average rainfall in winter and spring, irrigation was very important to ensure that the vines stayed healthy and the fruit in good condition. In addition, nature has its own defence mechanism against drought. The soil moisture content was low all through winter and the vines knew ...

Barossa Be Consumed Events this July

Have you ever wanted to immerse yourself in everything Barossa, but haven't had time to fly to SA to do so? If you live in Sydney or Melbourne you will be able to do just this on Saturday 13th July for Sydney residents and Saturday 20th July for Melbourne residents at Barossa Be Consumed. Derek and I look forward to seeing you there. We'll be tasting our deliciously fashionable 2017 Velvet Grenache, 2017 Denim Mataro, 2017 Silk Shiraz, 2017 Turntable GSM and our Single Vineyard 2016 Maeve Shiraz...

Our Special Events This April

Join Derek and I at our Easter Pop Up Wine Bar & Cellar Door in Moonta on the Yorke Peninsula or come to our Picnic at Paisley on ANZAC Day. Tickets for the Picnic at Paisley Wines event are available via the Barossa Vintage Festival Website or call us direct on 0439 982 839 to avoid the booking fee! Details for our Easter Pop Up are on listed below - look out for us in Moonta on the Yorke Peninsula on Easter Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Cheers Kirsten...

Newest review - 91 points for the 2017 Turntable GSM

91 points - 2017 Paisley Turntable GSM. Derek Fitzgerald says he is about the big “G” and the little “S” – and his new vintage blend is proof. It exemplifies the personality of Grenache in a bright and crunchy style. Refreshing acidity works in harmony with finely textured tannins, in this well-crafted, great value and friendly quaffer. Tyson Stelzer., The Barossa Mag, Summer Ed. 2018/19....