With the devastating flooding across NSW in the last few weeks, we are now experiencing a shortage of food on our shelves. Max Crus reflects on this in his column whilst reviewing the 2016 Topper's Mountain Pinot Noir M.T. Brut Nature and the 2021 Pink Submarine: "Luckily, you can live on bread, sardines, and toilet [...]
As the harvest of vintage 2022 is coming closer we are looking for volunteers to join our picking team! Most of our grapes are picked by hand to maintain the highest possible quality of the fruit. That demands lots of keen pickers who wouldn’t mind to start with a sunrise and enjoy one of the [...]
The 2021 Hill of Dreams is out now and it's indeed one of the best wines from the vintage and one of the best (and the most unique), wines we’ve ever made. It definitely wasn’t an easy task though, given the amount of rain and humidity we experienced in the summer of 2021. The key was in sorting! Our picking [...]
There are definitely things to forget about the 2021 - mouldy grapes, lockdowns, resigned politicians... but we can still make the end of the year memorable by throwing an unforgettable party. Join us for an afternoon full of wine, food and great people to officially kick off the xmas festive season at our vineyard. Raffle [...]
Although the spring is currently a bit cold & rainy we are getting ready for the Christmas season and look forward to the sunny summer festive days full of great food, great wine & great company. This year we have prepared for you Christmas Twin Packs to be used as a private Christmas gifts for your family [...]
There are definitely things to forget about the 2021 - mouldy grapes, lockdowns, resigned politicians... but we can still make the end of the year memorable by throwing an unforgettable party. Join us for an afternoon full of wine, food and great people to officially kick off the xmas festive season at our vineyard. To [...]
At Topper’s, a new vintage always means a new recipe. While the 2015 Traditional Method sparkling was 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir the 2016 is made from Pinot Noir only (Blanc de Noirs) which can be easily detected by the salmon hue. 2016 was a warm vintage providing this wine with generous flavours of [...]
Tempranillo belongs among the few original varieties of Topper’s Mountain vineyard. That means it wasn’t grafted over some less successful trials as is the case with Nebbiolo (grafted over Riesling) or Manseng (grafted over Chardonnay). It has been the largest single varietal block from the very beginning and still occupies 1.58ha – 16% of our [...]
Dear wine lovers from Armidale & Inverell, Lockdown brings many challenges to our households with boredom and stress being our constant companions. Now, we all know that a glass of delicious wine can bring a smile to our faces and relax our minds from our daily struggles. To make this easier for you we have [...]
While 2020 Submarines are (almost) sold out there are three more wine on release right now. 2020 was a tough one (as it became usual in the last few years) but the wines are nevertheless lovely which is a great reward for our work and determination. VINTAGE 2020 Particularly challenging vintage. Second half of 2019 [...]
