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School’s in at Lowe Wines

Media release: August 2010

One of Mudgee’s leading winemakers, Lowe Wines, will be hosting a series of Wine Schools as part of the upcoming Mudgee Wine & Food Festival in September.

David Lowe, winemaker and owner of Lowe Wines, will host the Wine Schools, which are a key feature of Mudgee’s annual festival.  There will be two series comprising a number of one-hour ‘introduction to wine’ sessions, as well as more intensive, four-hour sessions.

David Lowe | Lowe Wines

David Lowe has great passion for wine education and is keen to offer Mudgee visitors a chance to get more involved with wine.  “It’s what we do at the cellar door. We teach visitors about the flavours and characteristics of wine and the terroir of Mudgee,” said Lowe.  “There is a real interest in what we do as winemakers, so we have decided to host a few informative, yet informal wine schools.”

The Lowe Wine Schools will run during the Mudgee Wine & Food Festival in September.

DAVID LOWE’S WINE SCHOOL: 
4 hour Session, 4-8pm, Lowe winery, Tinja Lane Mudgee

Cost: $60.00 per person.

A practical, hands on tasting tutorial, led by one of Australia’s most respected winemakers, David Lowe, including:

  • the fundamentals of colour, aroma and taste, so that guests can learn to pace themselves and avoid palate fatigue;
  • the terms used in wine tasting and examples of faulty wines;
  • a tutorial based around tasting three varietal white wines, including Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay;
  • synergies of wine and food matching using a tasting plate of terrine, olives, bread and olive oil;
  • a structured red wine tutorial focusing on  Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and Shiraz;
  • a vertical Riesling bracket - a tutorial on bottle age, showcasing Riesling’s transformation from youth to complexity;
  • a vertical Shiraz bracket – learn what happens when red wines age, and express it in your own terms; and
  • utilising your recently learnt skills to expressing your own feelings about a flight of four very different wines. 

Dates:

  • Wednesday 7 September 2011
  • Wednesday 14 September 2011
  • Wednesday 21 September 2011

 

DAVID LOWE’S MINI WINE SCHOOL: 
1 Hour Session, 5-6pm, Lowe Winery, Tinja Lane, Mudgee

Cost: FREE, bookings appreciated.

The Mini Wine School will comprise a tasting conducted by winemaker David Lowe and include an explanation of how to taste wine and get the most from your own palate.  There will be three white wines of the same variety and three red wines of the same variety tasted.  The focus will be identifying stylistic differences with each variety.

Dates:

  • Saturday 3 September 2011
  • Saturday 10 September 2011
  • Saturday 17 September 2011
  • Saturday 24 September 2011

For further information on the Lowe Wines Wine Schools, or to make a booking, please contact the winery on 02 6372 0800.

 

For more information, samples and images please contact: 

David Lowe at Lowe Wine on +61 2 6372 0800 or david@lowewine.com.au
David Cumming at Define Wine on +61 414 736 342 or david@definewine.com.au

Further information about Lowe Wines visit www.lowewine.com.au

Lowe Wine was established in Mudgee in 1987 by David Lowe and now comprises the Lowe, Louee and Tinja brands. The winery and vineyards gained organic accreditation 2004.  David Lowe is a high profile proponent of NSW regional wines and a key advocate in re-establishing NSW wines as the wines of choice with consumers in Australia.  David is also a leading advocate of organic winemaking, sustainable farming and regionalism, with a focus on the Mudgee and the Central Ranges.

David Lowe is the President of NSW Wines as well as Vice President of Winemakers Federation of Australia.

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