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"Celebrate the South West" - Juniper Estate and Higher Plane wine degustation dinner at The Studio Bistro Yallingup - Friday 24th June 2011 at 7.00 pm - More
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The James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2011 names Higher Plane as a four and a half star winery. For more information regarding the book click here
The Big Red Wine Book 2010/11 by Campbell Mattinson and Gary Walsh has been published and the Higher Plane Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 is featured - here's what they say:
“Another fine example of the bounteous 2007 vintage. This is a seriously tasty wine, and yet it simultaneously seems effortless. So many of the best things in life do. Flavours of nuts, chocolate, perfumed gumleaves and mulberry. It’s medium-bodied, smooth and composed, with fine grained tannins. It’s so well balanced that you can easily enjoy the best of it now, though it will develop well over the next handful of years too.
Drink 2010-2016; 94/100; Value ****”
For more information regarding the book click here
November 2009: Nick Stock's Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2010 names Higher Plane Merlot 2007 as the Best Merlot in the Penguin Wine Awards 2010. For more information regarding the book click here
SHOW RESULTS
September 2010: The TriNations Wine Challenge is a competition held between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Higher Plane Merlot 2008 was selected along with 7 other Merlots to represent the Australian contingent, and was awarded a gold medal. For More information click here
September 2010: The Royal Perth Wine Show has awarded the Higher Plane Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 a gold medal and five trophies. The trophies were for Best WA Wine, Best Red Table Wine, Best WA Dry Red Table Wine, Best 2008 Dry Red Table Wine and Best Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine will be released around February 2011.
July 2010: The Cowra Wine Show saw the yet to be released Higher Plane Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 awarded a gold medal, and the South by Southwest Cabernet Merlot 2008 receive a silver medal.
July 2010: We are pleased to report that at the Winewise Small Vignerons Awards our South by Southwest Cabernet Merlot 2008 received a gold medal and was Top of Class. In addition to this we won silver medals for our Higher Plane Chardonnay 2008, Higher Plane Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 and our Higher Plane Oaked Sauvignon Blanc 2009 (yet to be released).
November 2009: At the Margaret River Wine Show 2009 , the Higher Plane Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 was awarded a gold medal along with the South by Southwest Cabernet Merlot 2008. The Higher Plane Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 has also been awarded the Alan Fergusion Memorial Trophy for Champion Cabernet Sauvignon at the National Cool Climate Wine Show 2009, as well as a gold medal at the Qantas Mt Barker Wine Show 2009 and a gold medal at the Australian Small Winemakers Show 2009. The South by Southwest Cabernet Merlot 2007 was awarded a gold medal at the National Cool Climate Wine Show 2009 and a silver medal at the Qantas Mt Barker Wine Show.
October 2009: The South By Southwest Chardonnay 2006 has just been awarded a Silver medal at the Australian Cool Climate Show
September 2009: The 2009 Cowra Wine Show results have been announced and Higher Plane Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 was the top pointed gold medal winning wine in its class (Class 27). South by Southwesr Cabernet Merlot 2007 was also awarded one of only three gold medals in its class (Class 34)
SPONSORSHIP
Higher Plane once again sponsored a major event in Western Australia that benefits children with serious medical challenges in their lives - namely The Big Quiz which was held at the Perth Exhibition and Conference Centre on 23rd June 2010. Over $35,000 was raised by the event for PMH and Rotary projects, including the development of a renal haemodialysis unit at PMH for children that have chronic liver failure.
