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Not just another lunch...
February 2, 2010
20 special guests including famous Australian Cricketers Matthew Hayden and Michael Kasprowicz gathered for a uniquely Barossan lunch at Bar Barossa. Read more
Brisbane Food Bloggers Dinner
January 19, 2010
Delightfully describing the experience as 'Happy Special', the girls from I Ate Brisbane were more than infected by Bar Barossa's passion for quality food and wine.
Read about the Brisbane Food Bloggers Dinner here
Bar Barossa’s best wine of 2009
January 12, 2010
Bar Barossa manager and winemaker Sandy Godfrey has named his favourite wine of 2009 as the Soul Growers Shiraz 2006.
“By far, my favourite wine this year came in a heavy punted bottle, a wooden box and took Barossa Shiraz to a new level,’’ Sandy writes in a newsletter to be circulated to purplepalate.com subscribers this week.
“Savoury ground spice, rhubarb and eucalypt create the basis to the nose, but it offers so much more ... dark rich toasted oak, dried black currants and a hint of soya sauce that will bring you in time and time again. The palate is exactly as it should be, savoury and balanced, acid and tannin meet together and combine with rich fruit flavours to offer us an experience of Barossa Shiraz that you will rarely see.’’
Unfortunately, the Soul Growers Shiraz 2006 sold out to those in the know within months of its release. The 2007 has just been released, click here to read more about it.
Sandy Godfrey and Farley Wheildon, Purple Palate Queen Street Fine Wine Manager, will both release the top wines they discovered in 2009 in the purplepalate.com newsletter this week.
If you’d like to subscribe, click here to ensure you don’t miss out on their insights. - John Lehmann
Happy New Year!
December 31, 2009
May 2010 be the greatest year of your life!
We look forward to sharing the best of our discoveries with you in the New Year and raising a glass together at Bar Barossa.
In the meantime, Tempest Bebende!
Gourmet Traveller’s Best Buy
December 24, 2009
Smallfry has capped a breakthrough year by being recognised by Gourmet Traveller WINE magazine as producing one of Australia’s best value wines in 2009.
Gourmet’s wine panel listed the Smallfry Tempranillo Garnacha Joven 2009 as one of the best buys for $20 and under.
Max Allen, wrote, “Inspired by memories of the joven (young) red wines he has relished in Spain’s tapas bars, winemaker Wayne Ahrens decided that during the 2009 vintage he’d have a crack at making the unwooded, early-release style himself. So he bought a parcel of Barossa-grown tempranillo grapes and blended them with some grenache from his own old vineyard. The result is simply delicious: medium-full red in colour, it is full of juicy fresh berry fruit but finishes dry, snappy and savoury.”
Purple Palate is offering a 10% discount on all dozen purchases.
Smallfry also earned a five-star rating from James Halliday this year and was listed in his latest Australian Wine Companion as one of Australia’s “ten dark horses” in 2010. Halliday wrote, “The pick of the crop and skilled winemaking come up with the right answer.’’
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Winner Announced
December 22, 2009
The winner of the Barossa Belle Hamper Competition has been announced.
The winner, Carl Clasen of Bank of Queensland, dropped into Purple Palate Queen Street in Brisbane to collect his prize of a mixed dozen Barossa Belle wines, a special release Barossa Belle T-shirt and an apron.
Carl was delighted with the prize. "Now I don’t have to buy Christmas presents," he said.
Carl was presented with his prize by Purple Palate's Marketing and Media Executive, Elyssia Nelson.
Back Vintage at its Best!
December 18, 2009
They have arrived just in time for Christmas, the outstanding Wynns Michael Shiraz and Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from the historic Tanunda Cellars.
The vintages range from 1985 up until 1999 and also included are the big ones, 1.5 litres of quality juice, now that would be a well received Christmas gift!
Sexy Six Pack
November 20, 2009
Step out of your comfort zone with this bevy of boutique delights handcrafted with a dollop of love.
Our private sommelier Darren "Hollywood" Davis has put together this amazing six pack for only $99 to keep you sane over the silly season.
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Peter Lehmann toasts Bar Barossa
November 2, 2009
We're not really in to blowing our own trumpet, but it’s a little hard to resist after gossip go-go man Ken Lord celebrated our Bar Barossa Grand Opening party with a delightful string of purple prose.
"It's the new kid on Queen St East: flamboyant, cool, sleek and ingenious," Lord wrote in The Sunday Mail. Well, if you say so, Ken!
It was a super night with winemaking trump Peter Lehmann officially opening Bar Barossa in Brisbane City with a slurp of his pinnacle Stonewell Shiraz from our giant goblet, specially created for the party.
With more than 100 VIP guests cheering him on, the Barossa legend joined his wife Margaret and winemaking sons David Franz and Phil Lehmann at the Grand Opening, November 2nd, 2009.
Retired international cricketers (Jimmy Maher and Andy Bichel), politicos (former Liberal leader Bruce Flegg), media men ...
Check out Bar Barossa's new Summer Menu - Flamboyant, cool, sleek and ingenious...
Welcome to a new world of wine
October 30, 2009
Our mission is simple – to bring amazing, handcrafted wines to your table and tell their story.
We love the magic of wine and believe it is so much more than simply a drink.
As private sommelier Darren Davis says, "Wine is much more than its technical and clinical analysis - it is sunshine; it is a story, a memory, a point in time, and you should feel proud to place a special bottle on the middle of the table any night of the week."