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New Idea magazine

New Idea magazine

Wine Time – April Glover explores the hidden gems of regional NSW. View article  

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Getaway (Channel 9)

Getaway (Channel 9)

Snowy Valley Chopper Winery Tour. Fly over popular sites like the Talbingo, Jounama and Blowering Dams as well as Batlow apple orchards as you head to the first winery.Watch video (www.9now.com.au)     Grape stomping. During a visit to Obsession Wines, as part of her Snowy Mtn ‘Chopper Winery Tour’, Catriona couldn’t pass up the opportunity to get hands on.Watch video (www.9now.com.au)

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Country Style Magazine

Country Style Magazine

Written by: Barbara Sweeney, Tahni Mesann. Photo credit: Kara Rosenlund.  Things to do in the Riverina: From Wagga Wagga to Mount Kosciusko NSW’s Riverina region is blessed with natural wonders, family run vineyards and plenty of community charm. ... Winemaker Adrian Brayne makes the most of Tumbarumba's cool-climate grapes. Read full article (www.homestolove.com.au)  

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Gourmet Traveller Wine

Gourmet Traveller Wine

Written by Amy Northcott 50 Wine Experiences: Helicopter Above the Hilltops Explore the wine regions of Hilltops and Tumbarumba in style with Kimo Estate’s Heli Vine to Wine Experience (kimoestate.com). Start your day waking up in one of Kimo Estate’s stunning Eco Huts, before your helicopter picks you up at your front door for a flight across the Tumut State Forest and Batlow Orchards. The experience includes a visit to local cellar doors Obsession Wines and Courabyra Winery, where you’ll be hosted for  premium tastings and vineyard and winery tours. All this topped off with another scenic flight across three of the Snowy...

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Decanter Magazine

Decanter Magazine

Written by Andrew Jefford The last time I blind-tasted 35 top Australian Chardonnays, the wine which seemed to me to proclaim regional origins more clearly than any was the 2010 vintage of Penfold’s Bin 311, which came in that vintage from Tumbarumba. ...There’s only one little winery in the region, belonging to a consortium of growers and run by the talented young winemaker Adrian Brayne, whose 2010 Obsession Chardonnay (just a single barrel, fermented with wild yeast, with 18 months on lees and full malo) was perhaps the most exciting and ambitious Chardonnay I tried there. Adrian is the son...

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