NEWS

Cuvee Chocolate comes to Oakdene

This is a match made in heaven!!  Cuvee Artisian Chocolate is coming to Oakdene cellar door to Match our wine with their chocolate!  

Cuvee by Deniz Karaca is the newest love child of Australia's number one choclatier and pastry chef.

Cuvee Chocolate has been specially crafted to compliment wine.  The day to visit and taste, at the Upside-Down house cellar door, is the 11th of February 11am-4pm, just in time to buy that special someone the perfect gift for Valentines day.  You could match a sparkling with the Soleo, milk chocolate or a pinot noir with the medium dark Amphora, and for all you shiraz lovers, why not try the Gand Cru extra dark chocolate.

Come and see us, you know you want to!!!

Oakdene Wines and Tulip Restaurant Dinner

Come and enjoy an amazing night at Tulip Bar and Restaurant, Geelong. Oakdene will be matching wines from their current and museum cellar with a stunning menu put together by Tulip. For all you foodies out there, this is one NOT to be missed.

Oakdene Vineyards

Dinner at Tulip Restaurant

Thursday 9th June 2016

5 Waves & Matched Wine for $110pp

6:30pm for a 7pm Start

Call 5229 6953 to Book

Menu

Olives

Salad of Carrots, Shanklish & Saltbush

Cured Salmon, Buttermilk & Celery

2012 Matilda Blanc de Noirs

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Poached Rockling, Parsnip, Lentils & Eel

2013 Liz’s Single Vineyard Chardonnay

2008 Liz’s Single Vineyard Chardonnay

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Otway Pine Mushrooms, Jerusalem Artichoke & Chestnuts

Dry Aged Duck, Radicchio and Celeriac

2013 Peta’s Single Vineyard Pinot Noir

2008 Peta’s Single Vineyard Pinot Noir

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Kangaroo, Shallots, Rye Cream, & Bitter Chocolate

Brussels Sprouts Parmesan and Swede

2009 William Single Vineyard Shiraz

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Quince Rhubarb Rose & White Chocolate

2015 Late Harvest Riesling

**All dishes are designed to be shared and will be served in waves

***Please advise us of any allergies

Halliday Scores Oakdene's 2014 Single Vineyard William Shiraz 95 points!

James Halliday’s Wine Companion has reviewed the current release of our Single Vineyard William Shiraz 2014. See below some great words form Campbell Mattinson giving it  a fantastic 96 points. For the record, this is the fifth vintage in a row the wine has received 95 points or higher from James Halliday's Wine Companion.  ($43.00 a bottle)

“In beautiful form. Meat and spice notes galore but with plush, ripe, generous fruit as a flood of seductive power. Tannin is smoky, filigreed, and deceptively firm. The longer you spend with this wine the more it impresses. It's stellar.”

Drink By 2030

Campbell Mattinson

James Halliday Wine Companion 2016

www.winecompanion.com.au

Wine Club Members - Up to 20% Off

Oakdene's End of Summer Blues.
A Six Pack Special Offer 
For Wine Club Members Only

                                        

Can you believe it?  Summer is over, it's an end to the heat, the sun and alot of fun.  At Oakdene we have come up with a six pack offer,  End of Summer Blues, that may very well help you to get over it.  

Have you tried any of our blue labels yet?  We would love you to try three of them; the 2014 Oakdene Chardonnay, the 2014 Oakdene Pinot Noir and the 2014 Oakdene Shiraz.  There will be two bottles of each in the pack.  The blue labels are made ready to drink and would be perfect for a dinner party or just to have on the rack ready to share with friends or enhance warm autumn flavours and tasty cheese boards.

The six bottles of wine would normally cost $144.00 but as a Wine Club Member you already enjoy 10% off all of your orders, that would bring the price down to $129.60. We would like to offer all our loyal Wine Club Members an extra 10% off, bringing this pack down to $116.64.That's almost a 20% saving.  JOIN NOW

All of these blue label wines have been reviewed and awarded great scores by judges that you know and trust.

Mike Bennie has reviewed the 2014 Oakdene Shiraz in the last issue of WBM and scored it a fantastic 92 points. "Flighty, frisky feeling Shiraz shows some herbal influence, dusty tannin, slippery texture. It’s set to medium bodied, looks great as a young wine (decant!) but feels like there’s plenty in reserve for mid-term cellaring. Elegant is a good word here."

Gary Walsh has scored the 2014 Oakdene Chardonnay 89 points for Winefront. So...what are you wating for?  A Chardonnay with no name from Oakdene. That’s a change! Peach and green banana, subtle oak. Sunshiny fruit, but with a good cut of acidity and some greener flavours coming through on the finish. Pretty good. 

The 2014 Oakdene Pinot Noir has also been given a great review  but you are going to have to wait until the end of the month for this one.  Stay tuned!

The End of Summer Blues offer is only for the first 100 wine club members or until the end of March.  Take advantage and order this 6 pack today!  Buy Now.

The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival - City Cellar 4-6 March 2016

60 of the state’s best wineries come together to celebrate all that is fine about Victorian wine. Sip, sample and savour the state’s best drops on the lush green lawns overlooking the Yarra. With live music and tasting plates of outstanding regional produce, meet us at the City Cellar for a weekend of fun for the wine curious. The city Cellar will be held from the 4-6 March at the MCEC Lawn, 1Convention Centre Place, South Wharf.  Oakdene will be there on the 4th so come and say hi and taste some our wines.  It is a ticketed event so to get one just visit, www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au.

Tastes of the Trail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barwon Heads Winestore is presenting Tastes of the Trail.  A delicious event that celebrates the bountiful produce that can be found on The Bellarine Taste Trail.  The lunch will consist of three courses with matched beer, wine and cider from the Bellarine.  All dishes will be prepared by Annie's Kitchen.

When:  Saturday 5th March 2016 from 12.30pm

Where:  Barwon Heads Community Hall, 79 Hitchcock Avenue, Barwon Heads

Price:  $98.00pp including all 3 courses and matched wine, beer and cider

How:  Tickets can be purchased via the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival website, www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au

Oakdene will be showcasing the 2013 Bernard's Cabernet, it will be a great day out so come along and enjoy the day and the region.

Geelong Wines

In the Feb/March edition of Haliday Magazine, Casey Warrener has written a lovely article about Geelong wine and its surrounding wine regions.  She had a little bit to say about Oakdene throughout the acticle but this is a little snipet she wrote about us called 'Broad Appeal.'

Featuring accomodation, a fine dining restaurant, an unfussy cafe and a quirky orchard, there is something for everyone at Oakdene.  Oakdene's wine is crushed and produced at what wine director Steven Paul affectionately calls 'Scotcho's.'  Steve manned the cellar door at Scotchmans Hill for a number of years.  "Scotcho's have always made crazy wines.  They're looked apon as quite mainstream because they are the largest producer in the region, but as long as I've known them they have played around with new styles."

Experimental winemaking has worked in Oakdene's favour.  Their Jessica's Sauvignon, modelled on an age-worthy style produced under Scotchman's Cornelius label, is a best seller at the cellar door and has been well received by industry.  "We started selling our barrel-fermented style into Melbourne and sommeliers said it is a Sauvignon Blanc they actually wanted to drink," says Steve.

Like Robin, Steve is of the opinion that shiraz is on the march in Geelong.  "Bellarine shiraz is spice and pepper, sinilar to a Rhone style.  It's differnet from your traditional Australian styles.  Our shiraz is a clone from the Best's vineyard's 1860s plantings, which gives it a generosity of red fruit," says Steve.  "The 14 William Shiraz has been in 4 shows and already taken out 3 gold medals."

Since this has been written the 2014 William Shiraz now has 4 gold medals from Ballarat, National, Royal Melbourne and Victorian wine shows.  For more information about our wines just visit oakdene.com.au.

Extravaganza Geelong - October 17th 2015

Extravaganza brings winemaker's, producers, brewers, chefs and food educators together to share and celebrate the region's provenance, all under the one roof.  Come and meet some of the Oakdene team and taste some of our wines plus new releases.  You will find us at Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront,1 Gheringhap St. Geelong from 10am - 6pm on the 17th of October.  Come and spoil your taste buds.

For more information click here!

Toast to the Coast - 31st Oct & 1st Nov

Come and join Oakdene and 25 other wineries over the Melbourne Cup Long weekend for the celebrated Toast to the Coast.  This will be the 14th year of the festival which showcases the Geelong regions wines and produce on a grand scale.  Get amonst the fun and check out all the details. 

We will be offering tastings of our award winning wines and new releases at the ‘Upside-down House’ Cellar Door.  After your tasting, step outside into the heart of Oakdene.  Take a seat, enjoy a glass of wine and soak up the atmosphere amid live music and delicious food.

We have a selection of dining options at Oakdene.

Oakdene Belgian Waffle stall - both sweet and savoury
Enjoy Pizza’s & Burgers dining amongst the Birch trees at the new Mr Grubb Café or in the Oakdene Vineyards Restaurant garden
Sit down to fine dining in the award winning Oakdene Vineyards Restaurant

We will also be taking care of the entertainment.

Live music with Jon Willard Saturday and Sunday from 12pm - 4pm.
Vineyard tours aboard the Oakdene Train - Tour the property, take in the stunning gardens, the llamas and alpacas plus other exciting sites.
The Royal Flying Doctors are our special guests for Toast to the Coast, displaying their interactive Aeromedical Simulator for the weekend.  It is a life sized and fully equipped replica of a flying doctor’s plane for the public to explore.

Visit Oakdene for a unique and eclectic experience.  With something quirky and fun around every corner and behind every tree, there are many new things to discover.

Red Hot and Rated

           

 

The wines have been tasted and the results are in for the 2016 Halliday Wine Companion.  Now within the pages of, Red Hot and Rated (Halliday Magazine Oct/Nov addition), you will find some of Australia's finest red wines, as rated by James Halliday and Campbell Mattinson.

Each of the reds in the magazine have received a whopping 96 points or more.  That's gold medal standard and gold class drinking.  2013 Oakdene William Shiraz received 97 points!

Our Single Vineyard Shiraz exhibits typical cool climate regional characters of savoury dark fruits, spice and white pepper notes.  The addition of whole bunches during fermentation enhances the wine's perfume and palate structure.

This is what James Halliday had to say, 'Wild yeast, small addition of whole bunches, matured 16 months in new and used French barriques.  Deep, but vivid purple-crimson, this is as powerful as cool-grown shiraz can possibly be, full bodied and taking no prisoners, albeit nodding to the Rhone's Hill of Hermitage, its genetic ancestor.  Inky black fruits, excellent acidity and tannins all under the same star sign; will outlive many of us.  13.9% alc.'  To get your hands on some William click here!