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  Be sure to place this one in your calendar, as Gartelmann wines packs up some of our best selling wines and heads to the Sunshine State for 3 days of wine tasting at our stall located within the Hunter Valley Pavilion. Set over 3 big days, this event will run from Friday 23rd October… Continue reading Gartelmann Wines is coming to Brisbane Good Food and Wine Show 2026

Our 2023 Benjamin Semillon in esteemed company as it receives Gold at the 2023 ICC Sydney NSW Wine Awards. For the official media release and a full list of all the Gold Medal winners please click on the link below.

We admit it . . . we’re pretty chuffed right now. For years the Gartelmann mantra has been to produce the best wine we can at prices that don’t break the bank. But we’re proud to announce we outdid ourselves just recently with our new 2018 Diedrich Shiraz. It was named Best NSW Wine (yes, red or white) at the highly prestigious Sydney Royal Wine Show, one of Australia’s premier wine judging events. To put it simply, it’s the most prestigious award Gartelmann has ever received as it was pitted against the very finest Australia has to offer.

I have a confession to make. Every time I drive past a cellar or restaurant in the Hunter nowadays, I do a little fist pump. As a local, it’s just so good to see people coming back to the Valley and businesses getting back on their feet.

And, while you can still expect a great wine tasting or dining experience, there are a few changes to the way we used to do things here that you should be aware of.

To get the run down, I caught up with Christina Tulloch, President of the Hunter Valley Wine & Tourism Association (HVWTA), to discuss the ‘new normal’ for the Hunter Valley and in particular, cellar door etiquette.

Best White Wine of the Show awarded to Gartelmann

The 2018 Gartelmann ‘Sarah Elizabeth’ Chardonnay has been named the Best White Wine of the Show at the 2019 Orange Wine Show.

The young Chardonnay was awarded a gold medal with 97 points, followed by the Trophy for the Best Young Chardonnay prior to progressing under the guidance of Wine Show Chairman Nick Bulleid MW to winning the Best White Wine.

“We are particularly pleased to have been awarded this trophy as the Chardonnay class at the Orange Wine Show is always very strong,” said vigneron and owner Jorg Gartelmann.

It’s Vintage time again and wow, its sure been hot! But overall, we are really pleased with the Hunter Valley Harvest so far.

On January 9th we picked Chardonnay for our Sparkling white base, followed by Semillon and Verdelho the week after.

Despite very different seasons they were both picked at the same time as last year and are showing better acid and are a little more delicate in flavour than 2018.

Harvest time (vintage) is the busiest and most important time of the year for any winery. Picking is determined by the ripeness of the grapes measured by the sugar, tannin and acid levels with winemakers basing their decision to pick on the style of wine they are producing. The weather plays a huge part and can shape the timetable of harvesting with the threat of rain, heat, hail or frost which can damage the grapes and promote various diseases.

Gartelmann Wines has released two new vintage wines, the 2016 Gartelmann ‘Sarah Elizabeth’ Chardonnay ($30) and 2015 Gartelmann ‘Wilhelm’ Shiraz ($28).

The new Gartelmann ‘Sarah Elizabeth’ Chardonnay is made from grapes grown on one of Orange’s most established and sustainable vineyards situated at 620 metres on the slopes of Mount Canobolas.

After harvest, the fruit was barrel fermented in a combination of one to four year old French puncheons and hogsheads in order to add balanced and subtle oak character. It was then matured in oak for a further eight months with regular lees stirring to build complexity and texture.

On the back of their continued success at the Orange Wine Show, Gartelmann Wines has released their trophy winning 2015 Gartelmann ‘Diedrich’ Shiraz ($50). Accompanying the flagship Shiraz, Jorg and Jan Gartelmann have released their most popular white wine, the 2017 Gartelmann ‘Benjamin’ Semillon ($27).

For the second consecutive year, the 2015 Gartelmann ‘Diedrich’ Shiraz has received the Trophy for Best Red Wine of the Show at the 2017 Orange Wine Show.

The awards were announced yesterday at the annual Orange Wine Show lunch with the Chairman of Judges, Nick Bulleid MW announcing, “Shiraz has established itself as clearly the best red wine for the region.”

The 2015 Gartelmann ‘Diedrich’ Shiraz, one of the winery’s flagship wines, was also awarded a Gold Medal and the Trophy for the Best Shiraz of the Show.

It is that time of the year again, the first part of harvest is complete, however there is still a lot to come; So you are asking yourselves: it has been terribly hot weather, what does it look like for Gartelmann Wines for the 2017 Vintage?

The wines that have come in are all from the Hunter Valley. But the weather was not all bad. In Pokolbin and Denman there was only 1 day over 35 degrees in November with the maximum temperature 3 degrees over the 45 year average, In December similar but 3 non consecutive days over 35 degrees, and more, but mostly non-consecutive hot days.