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Cisteller Tasting Saturday 14th 3pm - 6pm + FULL PRODUCER LIST - Wine Fair March 21st 1pm - 5pm

by Annandale Cellars

Cisteller Tasting

Saturday 14th

3pm - 6pm

Join us this Saturday as we taste through the idiosyncratic wines of Cisteller from Penedes, Spain!

Cisteller is the project of young couple Jessica Madigan and Sergi Canals working on land that has been in the family for roughly 100 years. Armed with degrees in agriculture, enology and chemistry from U.C. Davis in California where Sergi and Jessica had met, the newlywed couple returned to take over the family farm in 2019. Since graduating they’d travelled the globe completing vintages in both hemispheres, but the return meant a deeper commitment to agriculture and farming, not just wine making. It meant a return to organics and converting the estate to biodynamics in such a way that required more than just a monocrop of vines to be grown on the property. These are the wines that we'll be pouring on the day:

Cisteller 'Lucidity' Corpinnat Sparkling 2022

Cisteller 'Gris' Xarel.lo Vermell 2023

Cisteller Xarel.lo 2023

Cisteller 'Verbena' Manzoni Bianco 2023

Cisteller Malvasia di Sitges 2023

It's always exciting to see well-farmed indigenous grapes like this that rarely bottled as a single varietal, let alone as still wines - don't miss out on this tasting!

 

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Wine Fair

Saturday March 21st

1pm - 5pm

It's that time of year again!


WINE FAIR TIME!


Our first Wine Fair of the year is happening on Saturday, 21st of March from 1-5pm!

For this wine fair, we’re slowing things down and going deeper. Each exhibitor will be pouring wines from a single producer, offering a chance to properly explore their range, philosophy, and style. Expect thoughtful tastings, great chats, and plenty of exciting bottles, all guided by the people who know these wines inside out.

We will be featuring wines from:

Commune Of Buttons

Commune of Buttons is the natural wine project of Jasper Button, based on the family’s Fernglen farm in Basket Range in the Adelaide Hills. Working with small plots of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo planted in the 1990s, Jasper farms organically and biodynamically, focusing on healthy soils and expressive fruit. In the cellar the approach is minimal and thoughtful, with gentle handling and low intervention to let the site shine through. The wines are known for their freshness, texture and clear sense of place.

Cantina Orsogna

Founded in 1964, Cantina Orsogna is a co-operative winery located in the Majella hills of Abruzzo, just 15 km from the Adriatic. Known for its organic and biodynamic wines, it is the largest producer of such wines in southern Italy, with over 1,100 hectares of vines—80% organic and 30% biodynamic certified by Demeter. Named ‘Italian Winery of the Year’ in 2012, the winery has been biodynamic since 2005 and has a skilled winemaking team led by Camillo Zulli. The Lunaria wines are also Demeter-certified biodynamic.

Les Fruits

Les Fruits is the winemaking project of Tim Stock, using organically and biodynamically farmed grapes sourced from the Adelaide Hills and Barossa Valley. Produced in a shed in the Basket Range, the winemaking is simple and minimal.

Somos

Somos is the project of Mauricio Ruiz Cantú, a Mexican-born winemaker who settled in Australia after studying viticulture and winemaking. The focus is on Mediterranean varieties suited to Australia’s warm climate, sourced mainly from organic and biodynamic vineyards. Using native fermentations and minimal intervention in the cellar, the wines are vibrant, fresh and expressive, built around drinkability and a strong sense of place.

Pyramid Valley

Pyramid Valley is one of New Zealand’s most respected estates, known for its site-driven Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from carefully farmed vineyards. Founded in North Canterbury and now working with exceptional sites across the country, the winery follows organic and biodynamic principles to capture the character of each vineyard. The wines are thoughtful, textured and precise, balancing purity of fruit with a strong sense of place.

Vinea Marson

Vinea Marson is a small family-run winery in central Victoria founded by Mario Marson, one of the early champions of Italian grape varieties in Australia. Since the 1990s the Marson family has focused on grapes such as Sangiovese, Nebbiolo, Barbera and Arneis, grown in the warm, mineral-rich soils around Heathcote. The winemaking approach is traditional and hands-off, aiming to let the varieties speak clearly. The wines are savoury, structured and food-friendly, offering a distinctly Italian feel with an Australian sense of place.

Basket Range Wine

Basket Range Wines is the small, hands-on project of winemaker Sholto Broderick in the Adelaide Hills. Working with organically grown fruit from cool-climate vineyards around Basket Range, the focus is on gentle, low-intervention winemaking that lets the character of the site and vintage come through. Fermentations are natural, sulphur is used sparingly, and the wines are handled as little as possible. The result is a range of vibrant, expressive wines that have become a defining part of the modern Basket Range scene.

Tenuta Mazzolino

Mazzolino is a leading estate in Lombardy’s Oltrepò Pavese, founded in the early 1980s by the Braggiotti family. Working from south-facing vineyards on clay limestone soils, the winery focuses on producing refined, terroir driven wines, with Pinot Nero as its flagship variety. Careful vineyard work and thoughtful winemaking result in wines that balance freshness, structure and polish.

Gentle Folk

Gentle Folk is the Adelaide Hills project of Gareth and Rainbo Belton, former marine scientists who swapped the world of algae research for winemaking in Basket Range. Since 2013 they have focused on sustainably farmed vineyards and minimal-intervention winemaking, producing vibrant, site-driven wines that highlight the character of the hills. Their highly regarded Single wines showcase fruit from carefully tended sites and has become a standout part of the modern Adelaide Hills wine scene.

Della Staffa

Conestabile della Staffa is a historic Umbrian estate whose winemaking roots date back to the 1700s. After decades without production, the vineyards were revived by Danilo Marcucci, who released the estate’s first wines in over 60 years in 2015. Today the wines are made naturally with spontaneous fermentations, no additions and minimal intervention, reflecting both the estate’s long history and Marcucci’s influential role in Italy’s natural wine movement.

Rivulet Wines

Rivulet Wines is a small Tasmanian project focused on crafting expressive, small-batch wines from carefully selected vineyards across the island. Founded by Kiera O'Brien who has spent years working with leading Tasmanian growers, the label allows for a more playful and hands-on approach in the cellar. With a light touch and a focus on texture, purity and balance, the wines aim to capture the distinctive character of Tasmania’s cool-climate sites.

Yohan Lardy

Yohan Lardy is one of the rising stars of Beaujolais, farming old Gamay vines across Fleurie, Moulin à Vent and Chénas. Working organically with a strong focus on biodiversity, he produces small micro cuvées with minimal intervention in the cellar. The wines are fermented naturally with very little sulphur, resulting in vibrant, expressive Gamay with depth and energy.


Tickets are $50 and include a Plum tasting glass to take home. On the day, enjoy 20% off any six bottlesfrom the event (usually 15%), plus a free Annandale Cellars tote bag with any purchase of 6 bottles or more. A great excuse to stock up on your favourites.

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