David’s careful charting of Baume levels for each grape variety in our vineyard allows him to predict – with some margin for error – when to lock in the harvest.  With the countdown now measured in days for the whites, our grapes are looking gorgeous.

This is the time when all  the paraphernalia of the vintage – the tractors, bins, crusher, press, pumps, hoses and refrigeration – need to be meticulously clean, carefully checked and working perfectly.

The contractors and friends of the winery must be booked and ready to go on the day.

Dealing with nature, we know that things can go wrong.  So we wait patiently and are hopeful of a great vintage.

john

We do appreciate the increasing interest from our customers and visitors in signing up to the Treeton Estate email distribution list.

To thank for your continuing interest in receiving news on special offers and our vintages, we are starting a quarterly draw, with free entry to our email list members.

The prize will be a carton of Treeton Estate wines, selected by the winner and delivered free within Australia.

Winners will be contacted to select their wines and to provide delivery instructions. We apologise to our overseas subscribers for restricting entry to those with an Australian delivery address.

If you think any of your friends or family would be interested, this is a great time to suggest that they join up.  Just ask them to enter their name and email address in the simple form at the top of the side-bar to the right.  They will then receive an invitation from us via Aweber – a service that we use to guarantee information security for our subscribers.

Please contact John at Treeton Estate if you have any queries regarding this email.

Over the first two weeks of January 2010, an unusual series of days over 40 degree Centigrade caused significant problems for some  grape growers in the Margaret River Wine Region.

Throughout the growing season at Treeton Estate , we carefully manage the vine canopy to minimise both problems with predatory birds and the risk of heat exposure to the young grapes.   While somewhat reducing total grape yield, this strategy has allowed our vineyards to come through the recent heat wave without damage to the young grapes (photo of the Chardonnay above).

The 2010 vintage is shaping up  to be another good one for ‘the cool heart of Margaret River‘.

This year, the warmer weather will allow us to harvest earlier than in 2009, but still well within the usual range of recent historical vintages.  We look forward to sharing the results with you as the whites are released mid-year

To celebrate Christmas, we have created a special offer case of Treeton Estate wines to enjoy through your summer holidays or to give as a gift to family or friends.

For a limited period, we are offering the Christmas Box at a special discount price.

In addition to our regular price for online sales of 15% discount and free delivery to anywhere in Australia, we are offering an additional 10% discount for the Christmas Box at $171 per case ($14.25 per bottle).

The Christmas Box contains:

• 2 bottles of the 2009 Unwooded Chardonnay (Best of Class at the 2009 Qantas Mt Barker Wine Show)
• 2 bottles of the 2009 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon (Bronze medals at the Rutherglen and National Cool Climate Wine Shows)
• 2 bottles of the 2009 Chenin Blanc (Silver medal and Best in Class at the National Cool Climate Wine Show)
• 1 bottle of the 2008 Veronica Rose. Perfect for that lunchtime picnic
• 1 bottle of the Special Blend port. Perfect with cheese at the end of your holday dinner
• 2 bottles of the 2007 Shiraz (Bronze medal in the 2009 Visy Great Australian Shiraz Challenge)
• 2 bottle s of the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (Bronze medals at the Cowra, Cairns and Australian Small Winemakers Shows in 2008)

The Christmas Box can be bought online or ordered by mail, fax or phone using the special order form.

The offer is open until December 31, subject to availability.

We are delighted to pass on news of more awards for Treeton Estate’s wonderful 2009 vintage white wines.

To celebrate, for a limited time, we are extending the Special Offer to buy our Spring Tasting Box by an additional week until November 14.  The Spring Tasting Box can be bought online or ordered by mail, fax or phone using the special order form.

The new awards are:

Chenin Blanc

• Silver medal and Best in Class at the National Cool Climate Wine Show in Bathurst, NSW

Chardonnay

• Silver medal at the National Cool Climate Wine Show in Bathurst, NSW
• Bronze medal and Best in Class at the Qantas Wine Show in Mt Barker, WA

Sauvignon Blanc Semillon (SBS)

• Bronze medal at the National Cool Climate Wine Show in Bathurst, NSW

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Treeton Estate’s 2009 vintage whites have so far taken medals in each of the wine shows they have been entered.

For a limited period, we are offering our customers the opportunity to taste these beautiful wines at a special discount price.

In addition to our regular price for online sales of 15% discount and free delivery to anywhere in Australia, we are offering an additional 10% discount for the Spring Tasting Box at $162 per case ($13.50 per bottle).

The Spring Tasting Box contains 3 bottles each of the:

• 2009 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon (SBS). Bronze medal at the 2009 Rutherglen Wine Show.
• 2009 Chenin Blanc.  Silver medal at the 2009 Murrumbateman Cool Climate Wine Show and Bronze medal at the 2009 Rutherglan Wine Show.
• 2009 Chardonnay
• 2008 Chardonnay

With the warmer weather now starting, these wines are perfect to drink alone or to accompany springtime picnics and meals.

The Special Tasting Box can be bought online or ordered by mail, fax or phone using the special order form.

The offer is open for 4 weeks, closing on November 6, subject to availability

The Treeton Estate 2009 vintage whites have been released and are winning great reviews from our customers, old and new.

From today, these wines are available to buy online from our website. The new white wines are available by the case (single varietal or mixed case) at $184, including free freight to anywhere in Australia.

Breaking new ground for the winery, Treeton Estate has released its first Sauvignon Blanc Semillon (SBS) blend rather than our traditional Sauvignon Blanc. The wine has a full palate of passionfruit and gooseberry with a long fruity clean finish and a bouquet of citrus and passionfruit.

This wine is getting rave reviews from our customers and has taken a Bronze medal in its first wine show at Rutherglen (VIC).

Our 2009 Chardonnay is a beauty.  A crisp dry wine, rich in passionfruit and nectarine characters, finishing light and smooth, the bouquet is reminiscent of a fresh spring orchard.

While volume is down on the previous vintage, the 2009 vintage has responded to the corresponding superb fruit quality.

Responding to customer demand, David has crafted a beautiful Chenin Blanc, our first for several years. This wine is crisp and light on the palate with a long bright pineapple and passionfruit finish and a floral passionfruit bouquet.

This young wine is maturing beautifully in the bottle.  It is beginning to win great reviews from our customers and was the highest-scoring medal-winner for Chenin Blanc at the 2009 Rutherglen Wine Show

John Simmonds