{"id":6560,"date":"2009-05-17T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/putting-ballabourneen-back-on-the-shelves\/"},"modified":"2009-05-17T23:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-17T23:59:00","slug":"putting-ballabourneen-back-on-the-shelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2009\/05\/putting-ballabourneen-back-on-the-shelves\/","title":{"rendered":"PUTTING BALLABOURNEEN BACK ON THE SHELVES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/ShCk1wN8aEI\/AAAAAAAAGew\/B5JZJVFTThY\/s1600-h\/Chronicles+The+Gamble+ChardPinGrisSML-759340.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/ShCk1wN8aEI\/AAAAAAAAGew\/B5JZJVFTThY\/s320\/Chronicles+The+Gamble+ChardPinGrisSML-759340.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336946801817446466\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/ShCk1yqCoxI\/AAAAAAAAGe4\/n0HcolXjti4\/s1600-h\/balla_semillon-759783.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/ShCk1yqCoxI\/AAAAAAAAGe4\/n0HcolXjti4\/s320\/balla_semillon-759783.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336946802472166162\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wc18May09<\/p>\n<p>david ellis<\/p>\n<p>A BUSINESS-savvy retired builder and a young-gun winemaker have joined forces to put the Hunter Valley&#8217;s Ballabourneen label back on the shelves.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Stuart established the brand back in 1994 when he and wife Di retired out of Sydney and set up a small vineyard at Lovedale, contracting the late Alasdair Sutherland to make their whites and Andrew Thomas their reds.<\/p>\n<p>They amassed a swag of trophies and medals before selling-out in 2006 and retiring for a second time; then last year a chat with Daniel Binet re-kindled Alex&#8217;s enthusiasm for the industry once again, and over a hand-shake the two formed a partnership to re-start the Ballabourneen label.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had tremendous respect for Daniel from when he was Alasdair&#8217;s assistant winemaker,&#8221; Alex says. &#8220;He had enormous self-belief, solid training, a passion for Hunter wine and the like most young-guns a desire to make his own wine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With Ballabourneen already well-known and with stocks of previous vintages still in storage, the duo had a good basis from which to start, and bought fruit from local growers for their first &#8220;new start&#8221; wines. One of their initial releases is a 2009 Semillon that&#8217;s already showing all the signs of becoming a Hunter classic: it has intense lime aromas, a lean and elegant backbone and with a decade&#8217;s cellaring will reward with classic Hunter honeyed complexity.<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t wait until 2019, pay $22 now and enjoy with pan-friend white fish.<\/p>\n<p>ONE FOR LUNCH: HARDYS have released a marvellous 2008 Chardonnay Pinot Gris blend under their Chronicles label, sub-titling it &#8220;The Gamble&#8221; in deference to founder Thomas Hardy, a 20 year old who took a punt and left Devon, England for Australia in 1850, and with a mix of passion and daring created one of Australia&#8217;s most celebrated wine companies. A beautiful blend of peach and creamy Chardonnay flavours and pear, green apple and minerality from the Pinot Gris, it&#8217;s ideal to enjoy with any shellfish; pay $16.99.<\/p>\n<p>(NEED A FOOD\/DRINK IDEA? Check out\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vintnews.com\">http:\/\/www.vintnews.com<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>PHOTO CAPTIONS:<\/p>\n<p>[] RISEN like the Phoenix: out of retirement and back on the shelves.<\/p>\n<p>[] LABEL&#8217;s deference to Thomas Hardy&#8217;s punt and passion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wc18May09 david ellis A BUSINESS-savvy retired builder and a young-gun winemaker have joined forces to put the Hunter Valley&#8217;s Ballabourneen label back on the shelves. 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