Coonawarra | Australia - Carson & Carnevale Wines

Coonawarra | Australia

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INTRODUCTION

         Petaluma was founded in 1976 with the sole objective to produce
         ultra-premium wines by carefully selecting the best sites within a
         particular Australian region suited to a chosen variety. Petaluma’s
         ‘Distinguished Sites’ is an Old World approach to winemaking.

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HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY

                                             The wines of Petaluma are a singular exploration of this founding
                                             belief, made from grapes grown in the Coonawarra, Adelaide Hills
                                             and Clare Valley

                                             Petaluma is today considered as a crusader of modern Australian
                                             wines, with five star Halliday awards and Langton Classifications.

                                             Through trial and building of expertise, Petaluma has evolved into a
                                             creator of exceptional cool climate wines. They are all hand-picked.

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VINEYARD & ESTATE

       Petaluma is built upon the three regions of the Adelaide Hills, Clare Valley and
       Coonawarra in South Australia and our carefully selected vineyard sites within
       them. The wines from Adelaide Hills are shaped by the coolness of the region’s
       altitude, its changing seasons and the skill and passion of its winemakers.
       There were vines planted in the Adelaide Hills as early as the 1870s but due to
       the challenges of cool-climate viticulture in those early days, most vines were
       removed by the 1930s. The rebirth of the Adelaide Hills region started in 1970s
       and gained pace with the rise in popularity of cool climate wines in the 1980s
       and 1990s.

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WINEMAKING

                                             Industry veteran and distinguished winemaker,          and hasn’t looked back. Since moving to Australia
                                             Teresa Heuzenroeder is Senior Winemaker for the        in 2012 to work at Hardy’s in McLaren Vale Amy
                                             Petaluma and Croser brands. Teresa spent 26-years      has found it hard to leave. After completing a
                                             at Yalumba, where she held senior winemaking           vintage in Burgundy, France in 2014 she began at
                                             roles across a number of Yalumba and Hill Smith        Petaluma starting in the laboratory there before
                                             Family vineyard brands.                                working her way through a couple of roles to finally
                                                                                                    become Sparkling Winemaker (Croser). Working in
                                             Viticulturist at Petaluma and Croser since 1996,       her current role and looking after the exceptional
                                             Mike Harms’ approach is grounded in attention to       wines that are Croser has been something of a big
                                             detail and timing. He favours an organic approach      achievement for Amy.
                                             to foster biodiversity and healthy soils, ensuring
                                             the vineyards produce grapes that express the          Petaluma viticulturalist David Horne’s interests
                                             characteristics of each site and the vintage. Mike     in Wine and viticulture started at a young age
                                             had a background in commercial banking, leaving        and were influenced by spending time at his
                                             the sector to study Agricultural Science in 1992.      Godfather’s (David Noon) winery and vineyard in
                                             This drew on his fascination for biological systems    McLaren Vale. After leaving school, David began
                                             and love for the wine industry that began in his       studying Agricultural science in 1987 and after
                                             formative years, growing up in the Barossa Valley      two years, transferred to the Oenology degree
                                             where his father worked as an accountant for           at Roseworthy College. After graduating, David
                                             Orlando Wines in the late 1960s. Mike believes         worked his way through many regions of Australia
                                             strongly in nurturing and supporting healthy and       until he met his wife, Yvonne, in New South Wales
                                             positive relationships with growers and vineyard       and got married in the Hunter Valley. David and
                                             workers.                                               Yvonne decided to move back to South Australia to
                                                                                                    start a family in 1999 where David joined the team
                                             From the South Island of New Zealand originally        at Grant Burge Wines. Whilst making both red and
                                             Petaluma winemaker Amy Hickling studied                white wines at Grant Burge, David specialised in
                                             Ecology and completed a BSc at Otago University;       fortified and sparkling wine. After twenty years at
                                             however after spending many uni holidays helping       Grant Burge, David has now joined the team at
                                             out in her neighbour’s vineyards she found an itch     Petaluma as winemaker focusing on premium white
                                             for winemaking and thought she’d give a vintage        and red wine production. The chance to work with
                                             a go. Her first vintage was at Church Road Winery      such exceptional fruit that makes Petaluma wines
                                             in Hawkes Bay, NZ and absolutely loved it, the         such an iconic brand, as well as working with such
                                             passion for detail and creativity the team had there   a dedicated and focused team was too much to
                                             sold her. Amy then signed up straight away to          resist.
                                             complete a Post Graduate Diploma in Oenology

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RANGE

           White Label Cabernet Sauvignon    B&V Shiraz

           White Label Chardonnay            Hanlin Hill Reisling

           Evans Vineyard Cabernet Merlot    Hanlin Hill Cane Cut Riesling

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