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Tall Timber Sponsors the Perth Wildcats!	Go

Trophies at Perth Royal Show and Sheraton Awards	Go

Chestnut Grove Chardonnay - Best in Show!!	Go

Chestnut Grove Selected For Donna Hay Wine Awards!	Go

5 Stars for Chestnut Grove's Merlot!	Go

2004 Vintage Complete!	Go

2004 Vintage Underway!	Go

International Award for the Chestnut Grove Website!	Go

10 Years of Verdelho Prize Draw Winner!	Go

New Olive Oil Released!	Go

More Awards for Chestnut Grove!	Go

Jimmy Barnes in Tall Timber Country!	Go

Triumph at Perth Royal Show!	Go

Silver Medal at the International Wine Challenge!	Go

Tall Timber Range Released!	Go

New Vintages Off To Award Winning Start!	Go

New image for Chestnut Grove	Go

Regional WA Wine Sales Award!	Go

Outstanding Wines Predicted in New Vintage!	Go

Winemakers Vintage Summary	Go

News New image for Chestnut Grove
Chestnut Grove is celebrating the new vintage by launching a brand new corporate identity! We have retained our famous chestnut tree symbol but have re-designed our labels to a reflect a simpler, more elegant style. The new labels will be appearing in shops and on this re-designed web site shortly, so look out for them as the wine inside the bottle tastes as good as ever!

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News Regional WA Wine Sales Award!
Chestnut Grove has just been honoured at the Australian Hotels Association WA Liquor and Hospitality Awards, being named as finalists in the Regional WA Wine Sales Team of the Year category. These awards recognise quality, service, promotions and new products in the liquor and hospitality industry as voted by the businesses who actually sell our product.

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News Outstanding new wines predicted in new vintage!
We are pleased to say that this years crop has produced some excellent wines once again. We will shortly be releasing some new vintages and an exciting, brand new range! Watch this space for details of the wines and how to order them.
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News Winemakers Vintage Summary
Clear skies with very little overcast, mild to warm day time temperatures, low pest and disease pressure featured right through to early February all good indicators of a promising vintage ahead .However, heavy rain in mid February followed by extremely hot conditions leading into harvest caused a compressed intake of early ripening varieties (whites and Pinot Noir). Fruit picked at this time showed forward, tropical and confectionary characters, very up front, attractive and fruity, not simple but without strong varietal definition. Following this, a series of cold fronts bringing overcast, drizzle and cold daytime temperatures, attenuated the intake of fruit during March and April. These conditions lead to a sharp increase in disease pressure and silvereye occurrence. Fruit picked during this time was more variable in quality and flavour intensity, however showing more typical regional and varietal characters with earlier parcels being more austere, focused and tightly structured and later parcels showing generally more weight, body and a sweeter fruit palate impression. A weather affected vintage in which timing of harvest had a greater influence on style than usual. Not to be described as a great vintage, but one in which enough flavour development occurred to ensure some outstanding and great wines will emerge as highlights.
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News 2001 Merlot awarded the silver medal at the International Wine Challenge
A great result for Chestnut Grove just in from London with our 2001 Merlot awarded the silver medal at the International Wine Challenge. This is the world's biggest wine competition with over 9,400 wines tasted and entries submitted from 35 countries. The wines are tasted and judged over a period of two weeks. Over 500 tasters are involved in the judging process. These include Masters of Wine, senior members of the wine trade in the UK and abroad, and wine makers from across the world. The Challenge was started in 1983 by Robert Joseph and Charles Metcalfe, the founders of Wine Magazine so it is a result of the highest prestige.

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News Tall Timber Range Released!
We are pleased to announce that Chestnut Grove has released a brand new range - Tall Timber wines are expressive, full-flavoured and our salute to the majesty of the old growth forests that dominate this region. Our winery is located in the heart of Western Australia's beautiful south-west. Here the majestic Karri trees dominate the landscape, as they have for millions of years, driven skyward by the combination of fertile soil, pristine air and abundant rainfall. In more recent times, premium wines have begun to emerge from this magnificent region, carefully crafted by skilled winemakers harnessing the same powerful elements that created these wonderful forests. .

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News New Vintages Off To Award Winning Start!
Two of Chestnut Grove's brand new vintages have just scooped medals at the Royal Queensland Show, marking a winning start to the show season and a winning start for our new labels! The 2003 Verdelho and the 2001 Cabernet Merlot will be released by the winery in the next few weeks but were awarded gold and bronze respectively at the show.

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News Triumph at Perth Royal Show
Chestnut Grove has triumphed against the best of nearly 3000 entries from Australia and New Zealand, scooping the best Royal Show results in our history. We are proud to have been awarded 3 trophies and 5 medals including Gold Medals and Best in Show Trophies for our flagships 2001 Merlot and 2003 Verdelho. Our 2003 Chardonnay also won Gold whilst our brand new Tall Timber range launched onto the wine market with a brace of medals. A triumphant night was capped by winning the trophy for the most successful Western Australian exhibitor processing under 300 tonnes. These accolades follow hot on the heels of medals for our Merlot and Cabernet Merlot at the Royal Melbourne show, and again for our 2001 Merlot at the Cowra Wine Show.

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News More Awards for Chestnut Grove
We are really pleased to say that we have had another crop of awards bestowed upon us in October with another 7 medals, a placing in the Top 100 (top 6%) of the prestigious Sydney International Wine Competition and the honour of Best Verdelho in Ray Jordan57;s West Australian Wine Guide 2003/04 Awards.

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News New Olive Oil Released!
We are delighted to announce that our new vintage of extra virgin olive oil has now been bottled and released. Exhibiting flavoursome and fresh fruit flavours, this boutique oil should be used liberally in the preparation and accompaniment of fine food and wine. Each vintage has completely sold out within a few months of release so if you are interested in purchasing some by mail order, or if you would like any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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News Jimmy Barnes in Tall Timber Country!
On 21 November, Manjimup was rocked with the exclusive appearance of singer Jimmy Barnes as the finale act for the South West Horticultural and Forestry Expo 2003. We were delighted when our Tall Timber wines were selected to be served exclusively at this one and only WA performance, which provided a wonderful opportunity to showcase our latest releases and increase the awareness of Manjimup and the surrounding regions. Concert goers enjoyed Tall Timber wines in the evening whilst expo visitors sampled all the new release Chestnut Grove vintages during the day. Jimmy was later presented with a Chestnut Grove gift pack as a memento of his visit.

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News 10 Years of Verdelho - Prize Draw Winner!
Chestnut Grove recently celebrated 10 years of Verdelho vintages by offering Wine Club members and mail order customers the chance to win a wine collector's dream - A limited edition "10 years of Chestnut Grove Verdelho" set featuring one bottle from each year between 1994 and 2003 which together have won a total of 8 trophies and 56 medals. Our lucky winner was from Wagga Wagga in New South Wales and is a loyal supporter of Chestnut Grove and this lovely variety so we know the collection will be in good hands! If you would like to receive mailings from the winery and have the chance to win prizes like this, join our Wine Club by clicking on the link on the contact page.

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News International Award for Chestnut Grove's website!
We are delighted to announce that Chestnut Grove's website has been awarded the 'Golden Web Award 2003/2004' by a division of the International Association of Webmasters and Designers. This award is in recognition of creativity, integrity and excellence on the Web.

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News 2004 Vintage Underway!!
We are pleased to report that the 2004 vintage is now in full swing! Our winemaking team are working 24 hours a day with fruit intake anticipated to be twice as high as last year. The first fruit off the vines was the Pinot Noir for our sparkling wine on the 6th March. All the whites are now picked, the last one being our Chardonnay on the 29th March. Next come the reds with the Merlot and Cabernet grapes expected to be ready at the end of the second week of April, finishing up with the Shiraz at the end of that month. Winemaker Mark Aitken is very happy with the results so far "I am especially excited about the reds this year" he says "with perfectly ripened fruit we should see some marvellous wines"

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News 2004 Vintage Complete!
News from our winemaker is that the 2004 vintage is complete with all the grapes now off the vines. Next step is the bottling process which will commence with the 2004 Verdelho- an event eagerly awaited since the 2003 vintage has now sold out. (If you hurry you might still find a bottle or two in your local bottle shop). All new wines will be available for purchase via this web site when they are ready for release.

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News Chestnut Grove Selected For Donna Hay Wine Awards!
We are pleased to announce that our 2001 Cabernet Merlot has been selected for the Donna Hay Magazine Favourite Wine Awards 2004. The international award winning chef and food writer is held in high regard both in Australia and overseas so this accolade is a real honour for Chestnut Grove. The wines will feature in a 36 page booklet in the food and wine issue of the magazine's winter edition, on sale now in Australia.

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News 5 Stars for Chestnut Grove's Merlot!
Wonderful news for fans of our Merlot. Winestate Magazine have just awarded the current 2001 vintage a maximum five stars in their national Merlot tasting. The top marked wines go forward to the highly prestigious end of year industry awards in which Chestnut Grove has previously won the trophy for the best Merlot in the whole of Australia and New Zealand.

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News Chestnut Grove Chardonnay Best in Show!!
Chestnut Grove's 2003 Estate Chardonnay has just been awarded gold and the Top of the Class trophy at the prestigious Australian Boutique Wine Awards. This superb wine will be released shortly so keep an eye on our online order form for your chance to be amongst the first to try it.

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News Trophies at Perth Royal Show and Sheraton Awards
For the second year in a row, Chestnut Grove has been awarded the Trophy for Most Successful WA Exhibitor Processing Under 300 Tonnes at the 2004 Perth Royal Wine Show. The Show received entries from 380 wneries from across Australia and New Zealand, submitting to the judges over 2800 individual wines. International judges from the UK and Italy joined this year's esteemed judging committee, which was lead by renowned winemaker and wine judge Philip John. This capped a very successful two weeks for Chestnut Grove which also saw us awarded Trophy for Best Merlot at the 2004 Sheraton Perth WA Wine Awards and 10 medals.

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News Tall Timber Sponsors the Perth Wildcats!
We are proud to announce that we have secured exclusive wine sponsorship of the Perth Wildcats basketball team for the 2004-2005 playing season with our Tall Timber range. Chestnut Grove director Mike Calneggia is very excited about the partnership: "Chestnut Grove Tall Timber wines are produced in the Manjimup region which is promoted in tourism circles as 'tall timber country'; It seemed obvious to align ourselves with another Tall Timber icon, the Perth Wildcats. These guys have some very 'tall timber' amongst them, we just thought it would be good to add some more"

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