Brilliant Cowra Wine Show Results

Two Rivers have collected gold across the board for a number of their wines at the recent Cowra Wine Show and ultimately scooped the pool with their 2011 Hidden Hive Verdelho winning the Top Gold and Trophy for the Best Verdelho of Show. The Cowra Wine Show now in its 29th year is one of the largest national wine shows held in Australia, every year attracting top class judges from Australia and overseas. Competing against the high number of entries at the Cowra Wine Show highlights the quality and depth of wines being produced by Two Rivers. A staggering 2100 entries had been received for this year's show. This is an incredible outcome for Brett & Linda Keeping of Two Rivers who are understandably elated about the results. "To have placed so highly with our 2010 & 2011 Stones Throw Semillon and the 2009 Rocky Crossing Cabernet Sauvignon was fantastic, but we are ecstatic about the Trophy collected for the 2011 Hidden Hive Verdelho. We have worked hard in the vineyard with this variety for many years", Two Rivers General Manager Brett Keeping said, "We are very conscious of meeting the needs of today's changing tastes and markets and it is really pleasing to see our wines reflecting this commitment."

Full tally as follows: 2011 Hidden Hive Verdelho - Top Gold & Trophy, 2010 Stones Throw Semillon - Top Gold, 2009 Rocky Crossing Cabernet Sauvignon - Top Gold, 2011 Stones Throw Semillon - Gold, 2011 Wild Fire Unwooded Chardonnay - Bronze, 2011 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc - Bronze, 2010 Reserve Chardonnay - Bronze, 2007 Reserve Semillon - Bronze.

2009 Reserve Chardonnay - the awards just keep rolling in

Every now and again a wine just wants to be a star - and hopefully the success that our 2009 Reserve Chardonnay is gaining will just keep on rolling on.

2009 Reserve Chardonnay

This wine has had four outings at wine show events and has taken top honours at every show.

It first won Top Gold at this year's Royal Sydney Wine Show and then followed up with a 5 star rating and Top of Category in the current edition of Winestate magazine.

Encouraged by this success we entered the International Chardonnay Challenge which is held in Gisborne in New Zealand and this wine was one of only 18 out of over 400 entries to win Gold.

Then in July at the Cowra Wine Show we once again won Top Gold so with these awards we are now eligible to enter the prestigious National Wine Show in Canberra.

Brett's Award

We are very proud to announce that General Manger and Viticulturist for Two Rivers, Brett Keeping was awarded Hunter Valley Viticulturist of the Year at the Hunter Legends and Wine Industry Awards. This award recognises Brett's careful stewardship of the Two Rivers Vineyard, his hard work and dedication to promoting the Hunter Valley wine region, and his efforts to continue the legacy of the Hunter Valley Legends and Pioneers, which places him at the top of his field.

Brett says "It is an honour to be selected for this award. The Hunter has a long and rich history, and I am proud on behalf of the whole team at Two Rivers to have our name associated with these legends".

They say that great wines are made in the vineyard, and with gold medals awarded for our 2009 Stones Throw Semillon, 2009 Reserve Chardonnay and 2008 Rocky Crossing Cabernet Sauvignon we are pleased to see the efforts of Brett, the vineyard and winemaking teams so well rewarded. Great work team!

5 Star Winery

The office was abuzz with excitement at the announcement that we have been awarded a 5 star rating in the 2011 edition of James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion which has just been released.

We had previously been sitting at 41/2 stars so this news was wonderful tonic for everyone here at Two Rivers but particularly for Brett and the vineyard team who spend tireless hours in all weather conditions to ensure the vines are kept in optimum health.

James Halliday's criteria to gain 5 stars is as follows: Outstanding winery capable of producing wines of very high quality, and did so this year. Also will usually have at least two wines rated at 94 points or above. The companion also reveals the excellent news that our 2009 Hidden Hive Verdelho was the top Verdelho of all tasted and is listed as one of the 10 best value white wines in the $10-$15 range.

Our wines were awarded the following points 2008 Reserve Chardonnay - 94, 2009 Hidden Hive Verdelho - 94, 2009 Stones Throw Semillon - 92, 2009 Reserve Chardonnay - 92, 2007 Reserve Semillon - 91, 2007 Reserve Shiraz - 91 and 2009 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc - 90 points

Halliday's NSW Top 100

James Halliday has selected two wines from Two Rivers to be included in his Top 100 NSW Wines, recently featured in the Sunday Telegraph. With the thousands of wines that are produced in NSW, we were thrilled to have two of our wines included on this prestigious list.

The wines chosen were the Two Rivers 2009 Hidden Hive Verdelho, and the Two Rivers 2009 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc. These wines are currently available at the Cellar Door whilst stocks last.

Beccy Cole - feature artist at Rockin' at the Rivers

Each year Two Rivers supports our local child care facility by allowing the Denman Children's Centre to use the vineyard to host a music event - themed Rock'n at the Rivers! To back this up Two Rivers also donates a percentage of our wine sales from the day to this great cause.

Stella Raleigh, our Administration and Production Manager here at Two Rivers has been the driving force behind the Children's Centre steering committee and came up with the idea of a music event three years ago to raise much needed funds to build a new centre. Just about everyone who works at Two Rivers currently has or has had a child attend this brilliant centre so we love to support this local cause. This year they have decided to 'up the ante' and get a feature artist for the day. Well known Country cross over singer Beccy Cole will be here, supported by the very talented young local singer Jacob Woodruff and we are expecting a huge crowd to head to Two Rivers for a day of fantastic music, food and wine. So put Sunday 24th October in your diary.

Tickets are $25.00 each and available online at www.denmanchildrenscentre.com.au or here at the Cellar Door.

Wine Dinner with Banjo

We were very fortunate to host a wonderful wine night at the historic Banjo Paterson Cottage Restaurant in Sydney recently. The food was delicious, the atmosphere so warm and friendly and of course the wines were pretty spectacular as we got to taste all our recent gold medal winners.

Thanks to our wonderful club members (new & old) who supported us on the night.

Stop Press! Two Rivers wins Business Excellence Award for the 2nd year in a row!

Two Rivers has just been announced the winner of the Customer Service Award for the Upper Hunter Region for the 2nd year in a row. These awards were held by the Hunter Region Business Enterprise Centre and recognise business excellence throughout the Hunter Valley.

With a broad range of businesses vying for the award, we were thrilled to once again take home the trophy. The award is a tribute to the wonderful staff at Two Rivers who make the Cellar Door an award winning venue.

Women and Wine

Two Rivers recently hosted a fantastic evening at the Cellar Door with our first Women and Wine night.

About 35 local ladies enjoyed a fun, educational and entertaining evening looking at some 20 different wines from Australia and overseas.

Our award winning winemaker Liz Jackson guided the girls through six flights of wines including Hunter Semillons, Australian Chardonnay's, emerging red and white varieties, international wines and Australian Shiraz.

Liz is a highly respected National Wine Show judge and a passionate wine communicator and she ensured everyone left the evening with a much greater understanding of the wonders of wine!

Upcoming Events

• September Club Pack Month
• 24th October Beccy Cole Live at the Two Rivers Cellar Door
• 7th November Hunter Uncorked Balmoral