Tough Seasons maketh the maker | The Weekend Australian

We were recently included in an article for The Weekend Australian, by Nick Ryan, on May 03, 2024. Ryan talks the reader through how tough the 2023 growing season was in this region and how our 2023 Beechworth regional wines respectfully reflect that circumstance whilst still offering high levels of quality and interest. Read on:

“If Tessa Brown and Jeremy Schmolzer spent any more time in their Beechworth Vineyand, they il probably take root. It's the kind of dedication saner people call obsession. But if you want to make wine on feasibility's fringe, you can't really do less.

You see the results of that hard work in the benign seasons where the wines are notable for their alluring fragrance and finely etched detail. You see it even more in the years when nature slips her hobnailed boots on, lines up the tender bits and delivers a kick. The season that started lethargically in the spring of 2022, crawled through a cool, wet summer and stumbled across a receding finishing line late in autumn 2023 would have many vignerons questioning their life choices. But this is what Schmölzer and Brown signed up for...

Nick goes on to review our 2023 Beechworth Riesling, 2023 Beechworth Chardonnay, and 2023 Beechworth Syrah. You can read the full article here.