Cost: $95 (discounts for Lowe members)
Start Date: 23/03/2012
Start Time: 6.30pm
End Date: 23/03/2012
Address: Lowe Winery, Tinja Lane Mudgee NSW Australia
Phone: 02 6372 0800
Email: bettina@lowewine.com.au
Website: http://winestore.lowewine.com.au/tunnel-of-lowe/
Category: Special Events
Event Description:
The winemakers of Mudgee are banding together as part of the 2012 NSW Wine Festival Tour of the Regions dinners to showcase the history and characters that make the region unique.
On Friday the 23rd of March, Lowe Wines will host some of Mudgee’s most well recognised winemakers, including Huntington Estate’s founder Bob Roberts and Gil Wahlquist from Botobolar.
This is a dinner for both nostalgia and optimism, with some of Mudgee’s most famous wines being poured alongside the ‘new generation’ wines and varieties, by the men and women that made them.
There will be tall tales and good-natured rivalry interspersed with locally produced food and the region’s best wine.
“The Icons and Heroes dinner could possibly be the last chance to have these winemakers in the room together, with their wines alongside the newer generation of Mudgee winemakers,” explained David Lowe, NSW Wine Industry Association President. “Mudgee, along with all NSW wine, is starting to gain momentum in the market, and this will be a fantastic opportunity to see the foundation wines that have got us here.” “The wines that will be poured on the night are the pioneering styles that set the direction of many of the current winemakers. These are from some of the most historic vineyards in the country and to be able to taste these old wines alongside the new wines, in the presence of the people that made them, is a very special opportunity.”
The wines to be enjoyed on the night include Riesling from Louee and Robert Stein, museum Semillon, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz from Mirimar, Huntington Estate and Botobolar alongside recent vintage wines from Logan and Burnbrae.
Back vintage Mudgee Chardonnay from Craigmoor will be tasted with the current Bunnamagoo wines and new red styles such as Durif, Tinta Cao, Sangiovese and Barbera will be presented from Di Lusso, Montrose and Mansfield.
Other Mudgee icons will be poured including Rosemount Mountain Blue, Lowe Zinfandel and the collaborative blend of Mudgee Gold.
Whilst the wines will be highlighted, the dinner accompanying them comprises eight courses prepared by Kim Currie, a vigorous proponent of regional food and wine, ‘2009 Rural Women of the Year’ and winner of the ‘2005 Maggie Beer Award for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Food’.
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