And so is our.......CHRISTMAS DOZEN!    

See the latest News Letter for all the information!  

and don't hesitate to go to our Order Form to find that something special for all the wine drinkers on your Gift List!

All the wines were very well received, and in particular the 3 new white wine releases, all bottled a few weeks before the tasting.

08 Riesling  - Adelaide Hills                             (see details on the wine page and order form)

08 Semillon Chardonnay  - McLaren Vale    (see details on the wine page and order form)

08 Sauvignon Blanc  -   Adelaide Hills           (see details on the wine page)

 PRICE : $190.00 per doz    $95.00 per half doz   $17.00 per bottle

All the new releases are now available for sale. 

Stock of the following wines are nearly at an end. 2005 Riesling( Eden Valley), 2005 Sauvignon Blanc( Adelaide Hills) and 2003 Shiraz—“The Kenyon”.

So get in early to purchase the last of these 3 high quality and popular wines .

Another highly successful Adelaide tasting on Friday 29^th August, held at the Ikaros Hall at Unley for the 12^th successive year.   Over 100 guests enjoyed the “afternoon session” between 12.30 and 4.30pm, some staying on till “stumps” at just after 7.30pm.   In all nearly 400 guests attended over the day.

We thank again the Painter family, (Ann, Ellen, Michelle & Thomas), and our other helpers Denton, Ruth, Tom, Asimarkis, Slaven, Gerry, Rob, Helen and Phil, for ensuring another well run tasting for our guests to enjoy.

The home made soup and crusty bread went down extremely well with guests in the afternoon and into the early evening.

Remember, if not on our mailing list,(please  ph 08 8 357 9533, fax 08 8 271 0726 or email sales@koppamurra.com), to get an invitation to next year’s big annual tasting, in late August 2009. For those already attending, and are able, try and get along in the afternoon, when it is  a bit more relaxed and less crowded.

Be There!  Ikaros Hall at Unley  -  Friday 29th August 2008 - 1230 PM to 7:30 PM.  

Your invite will be posted out with the the newsletter - no newsletter? - you can see a copy here but  Contact us ASAP please for your invitation!

Come early and enjoy a leisurely wander through our wines.  Time to consider what your cellar needs!  New wines! New wines!  New Wines!

See you there!

Our new cabernet release, the 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Wrattonbully, is the first cabernet and second wine, (following the 2005 Shiraz), from our new source vineyard at Joanna (South East of South Australia).

The wine was bottled in early March 2008 for release at our Melbourne tasting on 2^nd May.  We believe this wine will continue in the tradition of classic high quality, elegant cabernets we have produced over many years.

 Whilst suitable for early drinking, it will develop further with bottle age and patient cellaring for at least 5 years.

March tasting in Sydney, again at the fantastic Wharf Restaurant on the harbour and Melbourne for the tenth year at the Observatory Café in the Botanic Gardens in early May, were again highly successful. All the whites were popular, with the 06 Eden Valley Riesling, with a little bottle age and developing beautifully, proving to be the biggest seller. The two award winning reds, the 02 Cabernet and 05 Shiraz were both very popular, with new release, the 06 Cabernet causing a lot of interest.  

ADELAIDE TASTING—Friday 29^th August from 12.30pm until 7.30 pm.  

Again at the Ikaros Hall,24 Arthur Street, Unley (adjacent to the rear of the Unley Shopping Centre. Get there in the afternoon for our famous homemade soup!!

CANBERRA TASTING - Friday 14^th November from 5.30pm until 7.30pm

For our 3^rd Canberra Tasting we return to the Canberra Museum & Gallery,  Cnr London Circuit & Civic Square, Canberra.

2006 Cabernet Sauvignon   Wrattonbully

Our latest release the 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon is from our new source vineyard at Joanna in the South East of South Australia, where we also sourced the 2005 Shiraz, awarded a GOLD in the national Winewise Awards. 

We took some samples to the Sydney tasting in March (3 weeks after bottling), and the wine was officially released at our Melbourne Tasting on 2^nd May. The wine was very well received and sold well at both venues, although still a very young wine with significant bottle development in the years to come. One for drinking in the next 12 months and for the cellar. 

$220 dozen/$115 half dozen/$19.50 bottle.

Well the adage every vintage is different was certainly evident with this year’s vintage.

After drought and frosts wrecked much of the 2007 vintage throughout Australia, which did remove some of the wine lake, but caused much pain in many areas. In our case reds were of very high quality, but no whites.  In SA, 2008 saw a mild February, with vintage progressing at a nice rate, but was followed by the hottest March on record, which caused all sorts of problems for all, with everything ripening at once, and picking in extreme heat.  Early indications are the 08 Shiraz and 08 Cabernet from Wrattonbully are of high quality and may even exceed the 07 vintage in quality.  We look forward to both the 07 and 08 reds developing into excellent wines.

The whites have been a bit more problematic. Our long standing source vineyard for Riesling in Eden Valley is unfortunately no more, so we are looking to source a Riesling from the Adelaide Hills. We are also looking to source a Sauvignon Blanc from the Adelaide Hills. More news on the whites a month or two down the track.