BAY OF SHOALS WINES   Kangaroo Island

"Pelican mail out from the bay Of Shoals Winery"

Harvest again is well and truly behind us and the wine is about to be bottled or put to bed in the barrels.

This year we had a visiting winemaker from Germany who looked after the harvest and the processing of the fruit. Anne Trautwein joined us from her parent's winery in Bahlingen for 10 weeks and has since returned home. Thanks Anne all the team thought you did very well particularly when you were confronted with a few mice!!!

Easter saw the "Young at Art" group exhibit in the wine shed and our visitor numbers were double that of last year. Thank you to everyone for your support both in visiting the Island and also the winery.

We have just released the 2008 Riesling and 2008 Chardonnay and soon the 2007 Shiraz and 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon will be launched. The Riesling and Chardonnay along with the 2007 Island Blend and the 2007 Vintage Fortified have been entered into the Boutique Wine Maker's awards which will be judged in June/July hopefully we will continue the success we have had in winning Gold and Bronze medals at these wine awards.

James Halliday features us as one of his "Ten dark horses" in his 2009 Wine Companion. His rating of 4_Stars represent "An excellent winery able to produce wines of high to very high quality".

⇐ Our 2008 Moscato Riesling and 2008 Vintage Fortified both in 375ml bottles is proving a hit with everyone. It gives you a choice of offering both a white and a red wine as an after dinner aperitif in a convenient size bottle and at $15.00 a bottle is very well priced

Winter cellar door special (whilst stocks last)

"One Dozen Pack"
6 bottles of 07 Riesling and 6 bottles of 04 Cabernet Sauvignon for the low low price of $100.00 plus postage.

Our lovely Jess is now 6 months pregnant and will be leaving us in July to have her baby in August. She will be sadly missed at the Cellar Door and we wish her all the best for the coming event. Geoff Kent will join us while Jess is away both in the cellar door and afterwards in the vineyard.

This year we will be exhibiting at the Royal Melbourne Show in September and for those of you who live in Melbourne we would love to see you there.

This October long weekend is just over 4 months away we will be featuring our award winning local photo journalist Sean McGowan and iconic Victorian artist Bernie Walsh together with music by Scott Ellson. Accommodation is in demand for this weekend so booking early is important.

The winner of our winter newsletter half dozen draw
1 bottle of each of the following wines
2008 Chardonnay, Riesling, Rose, Sparkling Rose, 2007 Island Blend and 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon:
Joanne and Stuart Troutman of Dulwich Hill in South Australia.
Congratulations and please contact us to arrange delivery of your wines.

That's it for this newsletter hope this finds you all well as it leaves us at the winery

Arthur, Jess, John, Joan, Gail, Greg, Geoff and Mark