Barossa Valley News & Events Update | Artisans of Barossa – Tagged "Wine"

Event: Fest Essen

Enjoy great wine, superb food and warm hospitality at Fest ESSEN by Artisans of Barossa. We’ll serve you a four course menu featuring contemporary, innovative interpretations of seasonal Barossa food, and championing our region’s proud tradition of shared table dining.

6pm - 8pm, Saturday 13 August

Event: The Grenache Project Masterclass

Artisans Pete Schell (Spinifex) and Craig Stansborough (Purple Hands Wines) host this two hour masterclass, sharing insights into the approaches taken by Barossa winemakers to craft benchmark Barossa Grenache.

11am -1pm, Tuesday 9 August

Event: Six Origins of Shiraz Masterclass

This two hour masterclass explores the influence of vineyard origin on the flavour, character and texture Australia’s grand statement of wine, Barossa Shiraz.

11am -1pm, Monday 8 August

Two Sons of Eden Shiraz crowned ‘Best in Show’ at the world’s largest and most influential wine competition

Australia’s Barossa region has proven its ability to produce world-class shiraz by winning two coveted ‘Best in Show’ awards at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) last night for wines from each of the Barossa’s two valleys; Eden Valley and Barossa Valley.

Six Origins by Artisans of Barossa

Six Origins follows in the footsteps of the hugely successful Grenache Project by the Artisans of Barossa.

Whereas the Grenache Project explored the influence of the winemaker on the flavour and character of Grenache, the Six Origins project will turn your attention to the influence of origin on Barossa wine.

Grenache Project 2020

Ten years ago you could not even give old vine grenache fruit away. Gnarled old vines that had survived more than a century of growing seasons were routinely ignored and passed over for young vine Shiraz, their glorious fruit often ending up in all kinds of generic blends, wasted.