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Who are we?
In a nutshell;
oenophiles. People in the wine game who
love what we do, and love to have an excuse to get together to taste and discuss
some of the best wines in Australia.
Dru
Reschke Winner of the Global Geoffrey
Roberts award in 2000 (presented by UK Wine writer Jancis Robinson MW) for
innovations in the food & wine industry. Having worked on the family vineyards most of his life, in 1998 Dru has set up Koonara wines, his family's wine company, which he continues to run.
He completed his advanced wine assessment course
run by the Australian Wine Research Institute for wine judges in 2009.
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Tim
Holmes -
Currently winemaker at Katnook, Tim has previously has
done overseas vintages in France and the US, plus vintages here in
Australia at such esteemed
wineries such as D'Arrenberg, Yering Station, and Wynns.
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Katie
Murray - Katie has been Cellar door manager and head sommelier at
Hollick Restaurant in Coonawarra for seven years, before taking on the
role of regional marketing manager at Di Giorgio's Family wines.
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Julian Langworthy
Winemaker hailing from Denmark, in Western Australia. Formerly with
Jameson's Run and Wynns Estate, Julian is currently
the Chief winemaker for Knappstein Wines In
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Johnathon Leustner is
a winemaker with previous vintages at Orlando and Norfolk Rise wines,
ex-Jamesons Run winery, The Poplars, in Coonawarra,
and Dr Frank Wines in New York State, with
Wine Report 2009 - Naming Dr. Frank
the Greatest Wine Producer in the Northeast for the 5th year in a row.
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Alana
Hill-Ling is winemaker with Johnathon Leustner at Poplars, plus has her own wine label, Fabric. Alana has previous vintages under her
belt from France.
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TJ
Smith is the assistant winemaker at Balnaves,
(judged by James Halliday
as the best winery in Australia for 2007). TJ works alongside Pete Bissell,
voted Qantas/Gourmet Traveler Winemaker of the Year in 2005.
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