Northway Downs is where the delicious scents from the BBQ grill get peoplecrowding for house-smoked meats and great wines.
Here the Austrian accent is everywhere.
The chalet style house reminds visitors that the hills are not far A Boutique seaside village, cool, family-friendlycaf s, a country picnic racetrack Australia scleanest beach Balnarring has it all Combined, the lovely General Store, wineries andthe pony club, secluded beaches and the tree-linedwalking tracks make this seaside hamlet the mostbeautiful place around Arthur O Bryan N hwa D ns A Boutique seaside village, cool, family-friendlycaf s, a country picnic racetrack Australia scleanest beach Balnarring has it all Combined, the lovely General Store, wineries andthe pony club, secluded beaches and the tree-linedwalking tracks make this seaside hamlet the mostbeautiful place around Arthur O Bryan N hwa D ns NEWS EVENTS AT STONIER away and the front lawn would be the perfect place for Julie Andrews dressed as Maria to swirl a glass of wine while singing Edelweiss .
Owners, Sigi and Pauline Schindler are the wonderful hosts who have a lotof fun presenting the wines.
This radiant European couple exudes charm andhospitality and loves nothing more than guiding visitors through their gorgeous range of wines including Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Rose, Pinot Noir and Shiraz.
An Austrian style lunch is served on the first Sunday of each month andis very popular always great fun.
- Arthur O Bryan VINTAGE 2014 It never ceases to amaze me how much time we devote to talking aboutthe weather in winemaking and grapegrowing.
Then again, everything we do is influenced by it and 2014 hasbrought into focus just how extremethat influence can be.
What started out looking like asolid, slightly above average crop inSeptember was decimated by the longperiod of wind and rain that followed, preventing many of the small flowersin each bunch from developing intogrape berries.
The result is an incredibly small cropof Pinot Noir in particular, to the extent that we ll pick less than 30 of our already modest average yield.
For those who follow statistics of the wine world, our yields this yearrepresent less than one quarter ofthe average yield for a Grand CruPinot Noir vineyard in Burgundy.
Chardonnay has fared a little better, but the overall message is thatquantities will be very small.
Ironically, we now have the weather to thank for the wonderful autumn we ve been having.
The fine and mild PINOTS PIES WINTER WINE WEEKEND 7-9 JUNE 2014 Stonier will be out and about this Winter Wine Weekend, we hope you can join us.
The festivities span the Queen s Birthday long weekend, from Saturday 7 to Monday 9 June.
We kick off with the Mornington Peninsula s Winter Wine Fest on Saturday from 11am - 4pm, where Stonier will be among 50 producers showcasing theregion s food and wine at Red Hill Showgrounds.
Tickets will be available after Easter at http mpva.com.au The weekend s centrepiece is our annual Pinots Pies event on Sunday8 June, when we ll be serving gourmet pies at the winery from 12pm - 3pm.
We ll have live music, a marquee on the lawn and a comprehensive line-upof our wines on tasting and availableby the glass.
These will include the 2010 Stonier KBS Vineyard Chardonnay and 2011 Stonier Merron s Vineyard Pinot Noir.
On Monday 9 June, we re invitingvisitors to taste the 2011 Stonier NORTHWAY DOWNS ESTATE Open 12 noon to 5.00pm 1st Weekend of the month with Austrian Lunch served on Sunday.
Bookings Essential 437 Stumpy Gully Road, Balnarring Telephone 0417 050 627 Cellar Door Sales Lunch Overlooking the Lake SchindlerPicturesque Farm House Self Catering Accommodation days with cool nights are about asgood as you can get for high-qualityChardonnay and Pinot Noir.
What everyone always wantsto know, however, is how good the wines will be.
The early signs for Pinot are positive, with some extra tannin present - nosurprise given the small berries andcrop.
We re yet to pick our Reserve Chardonnay vineyards but theChardonnay for all our Stonier labelsites has an energy, line and length about it that you always want to see ingreat Chardonnay.
We only wish we had a little bit more.
-Mike SymonsWinemaker, Stonier EASTER WEEKEND 19 - 21 APRIL 2014 We are open every day of the Easter weekend apart from Good Friday.
Fingers crossed we ll get someAutumn sunshine to tempt families outto the lawn and playground.
Our newrelease 2013 Stonier Chardonnay and2011 Stonier Merron s Vineyard Pinot Noir will be among the customaryarray of wines on the tasting bench.
We ll also be serving gourmet cheese platters all weekend.
Family Vineyard Pinot Noir.
Made in tiny quantities from our oldestplantings of Pinot Noir dating back to1982, the wine is exclusively availablethrough our Single Vineyard Barrique Club.
This is the only day of the year when this wine is available to sample, so please don t miss out.
The cellar door will be open from11am - 5pm throughout the entire Winter Wine Weekend, we hope to see you HOLD THE DATE - SIPNOT The 2014 Stonier International Pinot Noir Tasting SIPNOT will be held on Monday 27 October in Melbourne.
Final details are still to be decided however please visit www.stonier.com. />au where further details will be postedas they become available.
- From the Stonier Autumn Newsletter available on their website.
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