Til death do us part with our Brown Hill Wines!

Customers tasting at the Good Food and Wine show Perth shared a story of how they had recently separated from each other – the separation was amicable and the division of their shared property easy, until they came to their Brown Hill Estate wine collection. Neither party was happy to part with any bottle of wine so eventually they came to an agreement where they would only drink the wine when in each-others company.

ROUGHIN’ IT, IN STYLE!

"In July last year I went on a hike in the Stirling Range with 2 mates. We stayed overnight in 3rd Arrow cave (between Ellen’s Peak and Bluff Knoll).

Hike up was close to 8 hours walking and I lugged an 08 Paddy’s Red up in my pack. It was so worth it!!! Pictures are of the view from the cave and the bottle with my gear! My motto in cases like these is “Just because you are roughing it, doesn’t mean you have to be uncivilized. The next hike is planned for August and I have an 09 Chaffers ready to go!!” Cheers, Rod

SURFIN' OUR TURF!

The Margaret River is such a wonderfully diverse region with waves, wineries and great adventures drawing attention from all over the world. Of course we love it when people visit us here at the winery, but we were especially thrilled when Gold Coast surfing legend Joel Parkinson chose Brown Hill Estate to celebrate his 30th birthday with some of his nearest and dearest.

This included Damien Hobgood, the winner of the Telstra Drug Aware Pro Surfing World Tour Event that was recently held in Margaret River. Joel’s birthday included a wine tasting at Brown Hill Estate, lunch at Leeuwin Estate and finally a stop off at Voyager Estate.

Needless to say, we all had a great time – especially the “grommets” (a term I’m reliably informed means kids in surfer slang!).

PERSEVERANCE PAYS OFF

In 2002 a couple of newlyweds on their honeymoon called in to the winery and tasted our wines for the first time. As they left, they promised they’d be back again.

Sure enough, they returned recently, celebrating their anniversary. I mentioned that I remembered them from their first visit and commented that it would soon be their 10th anniversary.

My father Jim overheard and said that he reckoned 10 years was a great feat these days. He suggested that to celebrate, if they visit us again for their 10th anniversary we’ll give them a bottle of Perseverance to mark the occasion.

I look forward to raising a glass of Perseverance to toast 10 years of marriage next time the happy couple visit!

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Earlier this year we held a competition asking customers to tell us which Brown Hill wine was their favourite and why. The responses were brilliant, like this one from Terry Childs , WA:

“Hi Nathan, Just realised this may be too late for the competition, but thought I would try for a late entry and tell you my favourite wine. Of all your delicious wines my favourite would have to be ‘Charlotte Sauvignon Blanc’. Reasons being – it’s blonde, it’s smooth, a bit zesty, short legs, and always brings a smile to my lips…just like my wife!! Can you re-name it Jenny?”

TWO GLASSES FOR A HOLE IN ONE

A lady visited us at the cellar door and told us she swears that having two glasses of Hannans Cabernet before playing nine holes of golf each week improves her game. It seems to be working quite well – she recently did the round in par, which she has never done before. So she will continue to have a couple of glasses of Hannans before her weekly game. (I always knew golf was a civilised sport!)