Vintage day at Schubert Estate an annual special event held during vintage |
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The Vintage Team of 2009 Standing - L to R Peter, Allison, Sean, Joost, Bec, Hansruedi, Magi, Ikumi, Alister, Sas, Ron, Adam, Liz, Steve, Margaret, John, Sally, Laurance, Bronte, Front Row - Lulla, Cecilia, Paddy, Rai, Soma with Vino, Amara & Maas |
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Rai and Soma |
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Laurance & Sally |
10 years of Goose-yard Block and I survived! |
Margaret & Magi, Steve & Ron |
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Sas preparing the Main Course - this was an excellent Lunch |
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 Ikumi |
this is wine-making? |
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VINTAGE EASTER SATURDAY 2008 Ron Sinclair meets a local vineyard resident |
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THE 2008 TEAM Left to right: Brian , Bec, Raf, Joost & Esther, John & Anthony & directly front of him is Lee Garrad. Next to her is Christine from Sweden behind her is Pete & in front is Victoria. Next to Pete at the back is Ron then Jan , John, Barry & Charmaine. Cecilia Schubert with the winery dog Paddy and Steve Schubert. Front Row kneeling: Liz, Pam, Emily, Bronte with honourary vineyard dog, Cloe. |
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Left to right: from Sydney Esthe, from Malaysia Sing Chien Ong with Mrs.Ong, Tourism gurus John & Liz .From Sydney Pam, Joost the Flying Dutchman, John f rom Sydney and directly below him from Kuaula Lumpur is Melissa. Wearing a black cap is Brian. Middle top is Pete and with a bottle of Gosling is Bronte next to her is Magi from Switzerland. Up the top row, wearing blue cap, is Mondo's Robert Scholes and you have Steve Schubert in the middle row with Cecilia Schubert next to him and in the back row between the Schuberts in the back row is another Swiss Hans-Ruedi and next to him is Marketing guru Dean. Holding up a bunch of Shiraz is Red & White's Mr.Ong and wearing green hat is Mondo's executive chef Mark, then Ron Sinclair with Margaret Trueman and last, but never least, from Nadalie, supplier of french barriques Eric Dechegne. Vintage Friends The Goose-yard Block was planted to Shiraz in 1996 and first harvested in 2000. In the same year Steve and Cecilia Schubert made a small batch of wine, for friends and family to enjoy, and established an annual vintage tradition. Friends and family came to help hand-pick the fruit from first eight rows of Goose-yard Block and crush the fruit. They work hard, turning the small hand crusher, but at the end of the task everyone enjoys a long leisurely lunch. For 2008 & 2009 the Vintage Days have been redesigned to include importers who have sent their staff & VIPs to come and enjoy a fun day or two amongst the vines.
Since 2000, and following vintages, Steve succeeded in creating a stellar wine and in appreciation to those who helped pick and crush the grapes, we would like to thank all those involved. Thank you. For Vintage 2000 to 2006 Scroll down to meet our Vintage Friends- Wish you were here? Join us now for the 2004 Goose-yard Block Vintage virtual experience:
Vintage 2006 THE CREW OF 2006 Steve and Ceciel Schubert, Bronte, Joost and Esther Sterk, Brian Pickert, John Liney and Pam Hodkinson. Magi, HansRuedi and Pete Eggermann. Ron Sinclair, Margaret Trueman, Amanda, Susan and Peter Robinson, Beck and Andrew Jordan, Siem, Inneke and Jeroen, John McDonnell and Elizabeth Warhurst, Yancey Limpus When James Halliday wrote about the Goose-yard Block 2002 vintage Andrew and Beck Jordan happened to be in the Barossa on holiday, they read Halliday's article, rang us and became one of Schubert Estate's earliests mail order customers. That's Andrew (checked shirt) in the picture left-above (seated right and Beck next to him). We've (Schubert Estate) grown a little over the last couple of years - in many ways and (we hope) for the better. Andrew Jordan (Also read about Andrew's day working Vintage 2006 on the Auswine Forum )
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Enjoying a beer at the end of the harvest 2002,
