Good results for International Wine shows

The results have just been announced for the Decanter World Wine Awards and the International Wine Challenge and Lou Miranda Estate fared very on the world stage.

International Wine Challenge 2011
Lou Miranda Estate 2008 Old Vine Shiraz awarded SilverLou Miranda Estate 2008 Cordon Cut Shiraz awarded Bronze

Decanter World Wine Awards 2011
Lou Miranda Estate 2008 Cordon Cut Shiraz awarded a Commended

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Illustration by David James Stokes

Last year I spoke with an interesting gentleman about our Old Vine Shiraz vineyard which is located in between the winery and the neighboring church. The gentleman, who turned out to be a very well known South Australia illustrator, Mr David James Stokes, was putting together a special exhibition of various old vines from the Barossa Valley.

We happily agreed to have one of our old vines illustrated and displayed in an exhibition which was held on Sunday the 5th December 2010 at the National Wine Centre.

It is a gorgeous illustration which has wonderful personality! As it was drawn in the early months of spring David has been able to capture the new sprigs of life which are beginning to form.

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UK calling...

We are so excited to announce that Hard To Find Wines an online wine store based in the UK has recently started to stock our wines.

So what does this mean for you? Well, if you live in the UK or have relatives in the UK all you need to do is jump online, fill out an order and they will deliver the wine to your door.

This is our first shipment to the UK and we are looking forward to a long term relationship with our English friends.

Born 1907

Until recently the earliest documentation we have had on the Lou Miranda Estate Old Vine Shiraz was from around World War I. Thus we have always assumed that the Old Vine Shiraz on the trinity block (the vineyard which is in between the Lutheran Church and the winery) was planted around about 100 years ago.


We were doing some autumn cleaning the other day and found an official document which states that the vines were planted in 1907. So we have just missed the Old Vines 100 year birthday.


Here are some photos I had taken of the Old Vine Shiraz the other day. The vineyard is beautiful in autumn, the vines are still green with a scattering of yellow and brown leaves, the sky is a bright blue and with all the rain we have had recently the roads are lined with little sprigs of grass.