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Fireside Tasting July 2019

Did you join us for our stomp! Fireside tasting? It was a perfect night to be rugged up, outdoors tasting wine, enjoying antipasto & toasting marshmallows.

Guests relaxed by the fire and strolled the grounds, the sunset was spectacular. Mark Henderson joined us playing acoustic guitar to add to the ambiance.

Michael talked everyone through the wines, explaining oak usage in the reds. He raided the wines still in barrel to show everyone how the upcoming 2018 & 2019 vintages were coming along, & spoiled everyone with a 2014 Shiraz.

The favourites for the night were the fortifieds, they just screamed winter’s evening and paired perfectly with the marshmallows.

Guests left relaxed, with a few bottles of wine in the boot to recreate the evening at home with friends.

Living The Life - a Story of Two Brands

 

I am often asked a certain question by the lovely customers who visit my cellar door. Something along the lines of: “Why do you have two wine labels? What’s the story behind them?”

Well I’m glad you asked …

Our two labels reflect a little of our personality, life story and ethos. Stomp, as in stomping on the grapes, reflects the fact that we are traditional winemakers using traditional methods and minimal interference. It reflects our passion to capture the unique flavours of our stomping ground by making wines with strong regional and varietal character – wines that speak of the vineyard from which they came. Stomping also denotes a purposeful act made with the foot and with a little ‘attitude’. This reflects a little of our essence and the way in which we are choosing to live our lives. Although Michael didn’t discover his passion to make wine until his early 30’s we decided not to die wondering what it would be like to be a winemaker. He threw in the safe, well paid corporate career and retrained and we moved to Broke to discover what makes his heart truly sing.

The Pssst ‘n’ Broke range of wines is for all those with a sense of fun. It’s a tongue-in-cheek reference to the ‘secret’ wine region of Broke Fordwich. Once discovered it’ll be a secret you can’t wait to share. Also, not being a fully trained winemaker, to me this brand is all about taking the mickey out of winemakers, particularly those who take themselves too seriously. We take making the best possible wine for ourselves and our contract clients deadly seriously… but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We know that in life you need to learn to laugh… ‘cause we all know sometimes if you don’t laugh you’ll cry!

So you can see at Stomp wines, we’re not afraid to be a little different… some would even say, at times, irreverent… but we‘re always authentic! We stick to our high ideals and passionately handcraft all our wines to capture the true essence of ourselves and our stomping ground.

Fireside Tasting July 2019

stomp! Fireside Tastings are the perfect opportunity to pull out your warmest winter woollies, don your beanie & boots & join us at stomp! wines.

The fires will be burning, platters of local charcuterie & cheeses will be available to nibble on, and we, Winemaker & owners, Michael & Meredith, will take you through our 2017 reds, along with a couple of cheeky barrel samples from the 2018 & 2019 vintages.

To finish off there will be marshmallows to toast on the fire, warming fortifieds & live music by local guitarist Mark Henderson.

THE DETAILS

Saturday 20 July 2019
4.30pm to 6pm
Tickets $25pp or $20 per Member inclusive of wine tasting, charcuterie, cheeses & marshmallows.

BOOK NOW
Payment required at time of booking (non-refundable). Bookings essential and to be made by Friday 12th July.
Email or call Meredith 0409 774 280.