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April has come and gone quicker than the blink of an eye…While the rest of Australia managed to spin a 10 day weekend over Easter and Anzac Day, there was no rest for the winery/vineyard crew at Penley Estate. Vintage started for us on the 12/03/2019 and has only just finished. We managed to catch Lauren for a quick second and she gave us a wrap up of the 2019 vintage… safe to say she is ready for a weekend off.Total amount of fruit processed in tonnes? 696.6TBreakdown of varieties? 245.8T SHIRAZ, 55.4T MERLOT, 14.4T CAB FRANC, 380.9T CABERNET SAUVIGNON Best vintage ever? #vintageoftheyear How was the weather? These...

Well they don't call it Mad March for no reason... here at Penley things have been full throttle. From Germany to China, to celebrating women in all their glory, and most importantly, our 2019 vintage kicked off this month. We have picked all the Shiraz and Merlot, hand picked the Cabernet Franc (yum) and next week we’ll be getting started on the Cab Sauv. We are about 50% of the way through, and everything is looking incredible, we are super pumped to share the 2019 wines with you.In the meantime, let us tell you about our newest release of Project...

This year for International Women’s Day, we decided that 24 hours is just not enough time to celebrate Penley women and all that they have achieved. So instead we are making the whole month of March ‘International Women’s Month’! We have selected 15 women we think you should know more about, some are from Penley and others are our friends in the industry.Why?International Women’s Day (March 8) is about shedding light on the women’s rights movement celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Although we are privileged to be a part of such a diverse company where we work with...

Aaaah February, a month of absolute chaos (organised chaos that is). This month there were adventures in Russia, visits from Canada and I’d say a slight lack of sleep at the winery. It’s pre vintage and so when I asked our winemaker, Lauren about the state of the winery, there was no doubt or hesitation- it has to be really clean! Her exact words were “if it touches our beautiful fruit, it needs to be cleaned!” This means tanks, fermenters, hoses, pumps, fittings and floors. Even our newest member in the winery, Penola local, Luke Trotter will be joining us for...