SALA 2020 at Izway Wines

This August we welcome artist Beryl Hunter to our cellar door as part of SALA 2020. Her exhibition ‘The Wondrous Strange of the Local’ celebrates the natural landscapes around her Barossa home and her ‘backyard’ beyond. As Beryl explains “This collection of mixed media works on paper has been inspired by my own Barossa Valley garden during ‘stay at home’ …

Live Like a Local

Izway wines is only a stone’s throw from the Barossa’s best places to eat, drink and explore. With COVID-19 restrictions easing this has allowed most of our favourite haunts to welcome back guests. We live locally, dine locally and drink locally so if you want to experience the Barossa like a local here are the place to go: Dine Appellation …

A winemakers guide to ageing wine

Why age Wine? When a bottle of wine is aged, the process imparts a distinctive and individual drinking experience. The longer it is cared and aged for, the more individual the wine becomes. This is due to the subtle storage conditions that are unique to where and how you store your particular bottle of wine. This personal connection explains the …

A message from Craig and Kathryn

The health and safety of our customers and community are paramount to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Our cellar door is temporarily closed for tastings in line with current government restrictions. Rest assured our online store is still open and we are happy to take phone orders and have a chat to cure any isolation boredom. If you are …

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BAROSSA’S STELLAR RUN OF GREAT VINTAGES

The Barossa Valley is recognised globally for producing some of the finest and most collectable wines. The 2017 vintage was a perfect follow up to the hype of 2016, with cooler conditions leading to bright fresh styles with great purity and energy; classic conditions for Eden Valley to shine.  Continuing our stellar run of great vintages the near perfect conditions …

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New mates is dedicated to old mates

Over the years we have been on the hunt for another red varietal that could match the quality of Mataro, Grenache and Shiraz in the Barossa Valley. We decided Aglianico from Basilicata, Italy would be our muse and in 2009 planted out one hectare of this ancient variety. Ten years on and with the 2018 Mates (and 2018 Angelo) receiving …

Rob & Les

Have you met Rob & Les?

In 2005 we wanted to make a Barossa Valley Shiraz that was affordable yet interesting; a fine wine that will age with an everyday price. We released this wine as Contra, then named it Pensioners Shiraz, and finally we labelled it Rob & Les. The wine with more alias’s than Dennis Rodman is in its ninth incarnation and is now …

Barossa’s emerging artists on show at SALA

South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival is the largest open access visual arts festival in Australia. For the entire month of August, audiences are able to explore, engage with and discover the work of South Australian artists in a diverse range of unique spaces across the CBD, suburbs and SA regions, as locations from cafes and restaurants to schools, wineries, …

BAROSSA. BE CONSUMED // MELBOURNE

Think you know Barossa? Think again. It’s not all green vineyards, oak barrels and shiraz (while we do have plenty of those) We’ve got incredible food, emerging wine varieties and a generosity we’re damn proud of. We offer a true welcome; less jargon, more conversation. Barossa. Be Consumed returns to Melbourne this winter with a bigger line-up, which includes Izway …