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Hopes and dreams, 1983

Star Cellar Door

We certainly have a big telescope at hand.

Blend Block Snowfall Early Days

The top of the Blend Block with Stephen wondering off into the distance.

Cabernet Franc Hard Grown

So, how many bunches does it take to make a bottle of wine?

Bloodwood: Orange

What else is there to say?

A Superb Superb Parrot

There are around 5,000 of them left in the wild, and some of them visit Bloodwood's wattles regularly each November.

Riesling Vineyard Under Snow

Riesling likes cool, well drained gravels. We have them in spades at Bloodwood.

An Autumn Sunset

So, it's another sunset picture; but what a sunset. A real Galah sky.

The Noses Have It

Could be a keeper.

Blend Block First Plantings

Planting Malbec in 1983

Schubert Vineyard Under Snow

Looking East toward Orange.

This Is Luxury

Our first weatherish-proof home. Now part of the winery.

Shiraz Under Snow

Bitterly beautiful.

Front Gate

The smaller the sign the better the wine..not always.

The Cellar Door

Our beautiful Cellar Door lovingly designed and painted over a decade by Wayne Harris.

Patterson's Curse...

or Murrumbidgee Bluebell flowering along the creek. An abstract experience.

Orchard Planting

We planted orchard trees to entice the birds away from our grapes. Results are inconclusive.

Daisy And Horus

This is what happens when your neighbours Hereford bull jumps your fence. Poor old Daisy.

Pruning Abandoned

You can have today off Stephen.

Blend Block Coming Into Autumn

And annual, gentle delight.

Posts For The Chardonnay Vineyard

We use untreated iron bark posts when wood is called for.

Clarrie Lending A Hand

If you visit Bloodwood you get a job.

Ripping Cabernet Franc Rows

Beats using a shovel.

Cookin' Up A Storm

Rhonda and Marty doing their dough.

Chardonnay Earthworks

Ripping is the easy part. Planting can be back breaking.

Hereford Calf Welcoming His World

We have always raised a small herd of calves. Initially they were Hereford. Nowadays we run Black Angus.

Top Shiraz Block

Some winter mornings it is better to stay in bed.

It Takes More Than A Shovel

To give a vine a home

Trenching For Cuttings

We grew out cuttings for rootlings in our early plantings.

OTT Front Gate

Well, it is a statement that we are here to stay.

Everyone needs a distraction

I quite like grey

Cold Stabilization, Bloodwood Style

Preparing wines for bottling often requires cold stabilization. Orange in winter helps.

Looking at Orange...

The vineyard transforms under snow.

The Entire Team

As Randy Newman says, "everybody goes bad eventually".

“To fully understand the styles of wine we make at Bloodwood, you need to think of the symbiosis between wine and food. We believe good wine is really food, and that it should be explored and enjoyed in the context of a balanced meal in the company of people you honour. And as with balanced, wholesome food, good wine treated with the respect and restraint it deserves, can add enormously to your enjoyment of the best things in life. ”

Covid-19

Covid-19 protocols for cellar door visits

Covid-19 is still a challenge at the cellar door. As we conduct tastings in our living room, we will ask you if your vaccinations are up to date. We encourage you to phone us on (02) 6362 5631 to book your wine tasting with Steve and Rhonda. It’s lonely out here at the winery - give us a call, we’d love a chat.

Featured Items

2024 Riesling (12 bottle case) NEW RELEASE

A$444.00

Luminescent straw green in colour, our Riesling vineyard's typical honeysuckle and juicy talc aromatics underpin the celebrated floral bouquet and line of of this finely textured Bloodwood Riesling. Finishing generously balanced and flavoursome, the typical citrusy minerality of this wine, while satisfying now will thrill well into the medium term.

Al/Vol 12.6%

2024 Big Men in Tights (12 bottle case) NEW RELEASE

A$360.00

About as pink as any populist politicians blood transfusion, this very very not weird wonder of the wine making world here at Bloodwood is a celebration of the freedom to bare our arms and whole bunch press what the fruit we like. Unlike fake brews, this peculiar pressing cycle has been liberated from the noble Cabernet Sauvignon which, religiously, is free from unreasonable extraction or cruel and unusual punishment of the fruit following apprehension. A phantasmal drinking experience for childless cat ladies, we recommend you chill it out, relax on your couch and don’t let self-incrimination come between you and your BMIT..that would be just plain weird.

Al/Vol 12.6%

2024 Schubert Chardonnay (12 bottle case) NEW RELEASE

A$500.00

Bright white-gold in colour with an enticing bouquet of white peach flowers and creamy hazelnut, this wines mealy texture has been enhanced through gentle fermentation and maturation in fine quality 100% new French oak hogsheads. The satisfyingly fresh mouth-feel remains an emblematic element of the delicate power of this unique Bloodwood style. Quiet cellaring through the medium term will only add to your enjoyment of this fine wine.

Al/Vol

13.5%

2024 Chardonnay (12 bottle case) NEW RELEASE

A$460.00

Straw white gold in colour, this Chardonnay, through its bouquet of ripe chalkiness, displays a typical rainwater-soft palate of spicy white peach and honey dew notes. And after enjoying all the flinty minerality and purity of varietal expression so typical of our old Chardonnay vineyard,

Al/Vol 13.3%

2022 Cabernet Sauvignon (12 x 750 ml bottle case) NEW RELEASE

A$500.00

Dense, bright crimson in colour, the lifted bouquet of cedar, ripe raspberries and red fruit infused violets leads into a poised palate of cassis, bright integrated acidity and soft vanillin char. The elegant balance of this wine supported by deliciously integrated French oak tannins, ensures a fine medium term future in your cellar if you can resist temptation.

Al/Vol 13.5%

2022 Syrah (12 x 750 ml bottle case) NEW RELEASE

A$480.00

Brooding dark carmine in colour, the gentle savoury blackcurrant and white spice infused fruit from this vintage has enjoyed its 15 months in old French oak hogsheads. Its bright, gently balanced mid-weight palate of red fruits, spice and finely integrated French oak tannins ensure medium term cellaring will add to the pleasure of this fine wine.

Al/Vol 13.6%

2019 Maurice (12 bottle case) NEW RELEASE

A$800.00

Bruised dark scarlet in colour, the invitingly ripe black fruited potpourri bouquet eases through a fruit dense palate of ripe dark chocolate and vanillin char. Those same black fruits suffuse a long-textured, well balanced fleshy palate framed in fluent, very finely integrated French oak tannins. Gentle medium term cellaring will only add to your enjoyment of this fine wine.

Al/Vol 13.4%

2022 Silk Purse (12 bottle case)

A$420.00

Light green gold in colour, this gentle sweetie shows spicy citrus and lemon curd aromas supporting a silky mouth-feel which finishes with juicy acidity. Typical tangy honeysuckle and talc across the palate of this super late picked, lightly botrytised Bloodwood Riesling will provide excellent current enjoyment.

However, some patience in your cellar will add to the enjoyment of this wine.

11.3% alc/Vol (375ml bottle)

2017 Merlot Noir (12 bottle case - Museum release)

A$456.00

Dark cerise in colour, the juicy plum notes and fleshy black cherry palate of this wine is savoury smooth and bright to the core. Two years in mostly older fine-grained French oak have given this wine the length and integration we look for in our Bloodwood Merlot Noir

13.7% Al/Vol

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