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I'm out of action for a couple of days, so here's a quiz to keep you busy while I'm gone.

The winner will the individual who gets the REMAINING name correct first. Confused

There are 14 answers needed, if you correctly name one but the other 13 remain unanswered, you don’t win. Naturally if someone gets all 14 in the first response, they win. But then again, who cares, have fun with the answers.

Who made the following wines:

1952 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Shiraz
1981 Bests (Concongella) Hermitage
1978 Wolf Blass Black Label
1980 Saltram Mamre Brook
1963 Mildara Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
1977 Houghton White Burgundy
1973 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon
1982 Reynella Cabernet Sauvignon
1979 Leo Buring Rieslings
1982 Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon
1976 Penfolds Grange Hermitage
1980 Balgownie Cabernet Sauvignon
1967 d’Arenberg Burgundy
1979 St Huberts Cabernet Sauvignon

1952 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Shiraz - Ian Hickinbotham
1981 Bests (Concongella) Hermitage - Viv Thomas
1978 Wolf Blass Black Label - John Glaetzer
1980 Saltram Mamre Brook - David Armstrong
1963 Mildara Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon - Ron Haselgrove
1977 Houghton White Burgundy - Jon Reynolds
1973 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon - Bill Pannell
1982 Reynella Cabernet Sauvignon - Geoff Merrill
1979 Leo Buring Rieslings - John Vickery
1982 Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon - John Wade
1976 Penfolds Grange Hermitage - John Duval
1980 Balgownie Cabernet Sauvignon - Stuart Anderson
1967 d’Arenberg Burgundy - Francis Osborn
1979 St Huberts Cabernet Sauvignon - De Castella

impressive! the only one i could remember of the top of my head was stuart anderson!

dave vino wrote:1976 Penfolds Grange Hermitage - John Duval

Very impressive list there! I think that the 76 Grange was Don Ditter's though. I think it was his first as well. Only know as it is my birth year Duval didn't start until the late 80's.

cheers

Carl

Yeah you are right. Don Ditter it was.

The list of winemakers reads like a who's who of Australian winemakers. The only name I didn't recognize was Jon Reynolds.

Dave vino, I recognize some of the wines on your list as iconic wines of Australian winemaking. Are they all iconic wines? They certainly make a tasty, mouth-watering line-up.

Cheers.......Mahmoud

Mahmoud Ali wrote:The list of winemakers reads like a who's who of Australian winemakers. The only name I didn't recognize was Jon Reynolds.

It is probably a shame Jon is not better known. He left Houghton's to work for the Wyndham Estate group when it was controlled by Brian McGuigan. Then bought his own place in the upper Hunter, Reynolds Yarraman (first vintage 1990 from memory). This business expanded with investors to be a large operation at Orange. The business got into trouble and went under. I believe most of the vineyards and winery were bought by Philip Shaw.

Does anyone know what happened to Jon? I did 2 vintages under him (89 and 90). He is a top bloke.

A quick check-in ...

....... there are 3 wrong answers amongst those given

Is that including the 76 Grange? I know St Huberts is wrong, unless they used an Oujia Board to make the wines...

ST Huberts - think it was Alex White/David Lance/martin Grinbergs

76 Grange was Don Ditter I believe.

The 82 Wynns was Robin Moody (according to their website Wade left in 1981)

cheers

Carl

DJ,

Was Reynolds Yarraman the winery near Denman on the road towards Cruickshank?

Cheers........Mahmoud

Mahmoud Ali wrote:DJ,

Was Reynolds Yarraman the winery near Denman on the road towards Cruickshank?

Cheers........Mahmoud

Somewhere up there - all my references which could tell me exactly are packed as we are moving next week

DJ wrote:

Mahmoud Ali wrote:The list of winemakers reads like a who's who of Australian winemakers. The only name I didn't recognize was Jon Reynolds.

It is probably a shame Jon is not better known. He left Houghton's to work for the Wyndham Estate group when it was controlled by Brian McGuigan. Then bought his own place in the upper Hunter, Reynolds Yarraman (first vintage 1990 from memory). This business expanded with investors to be a large operation at Orange. The business got into trouble and went under. I believe most of the vineyards and winery were bought by Philip Shaw.

Does anyone know what happened to Jon? I did 2 vintages under him (89 and 90). He is a top bloke.

Jon is a consultant winemaker now - his company is Oenologic.

dave vino wrote:1981 Bests (Concongella) Hermitage - Viv Thomas

Shouldn't that be Viv Thomson ?

I'm back and there are still 2.5 incorrect answers, any interest?

I'll put the answers up tomorrow unless others get in first.

No winner this week however, honorable mention to Dave. The winemakers were:

1952 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Shiraz - Ian Hickinbotham
1981 Bests (Concongella) Hermitage - Trevor Mast/Viv Thomson. Trevor went to Bests as winemaker in the mid 1970’s before eventually devoting all his energies to Mount Langi Ghiran
1978 Wolf Blass Black Label - John Glaetzer
1980 Saltram Mamre Brook - David Armstrong
1963 Mildara Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon - Ron Haselgrove
1977 Houghton White Burgundy - Bill Hardy - Jon Reynolds was appointed winemaker at the end of 1977
1973 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon - Bill Pannell
1982 Reynella Cabernet Sauvignon - Geoff Merrill
1979 Leo Buring Rieslings - John Vickery
1982 Wynns John Riddoch – Definitely John Wade (the Wynns website must be wrong)
1976 Penfolds Grange Hermitage - Don Ditter – Penfolds Chief Winemaker
1980 Balgownie Cabernet - Stuart Anderson
1967 d’Arenberg Burgundy - Francis d’Arenberg (d’Arry) Osborn
1979 St Huberts Cabernet Sauvignon - Ernie Cester - Hubert De Castella established St. Huberts in 1862 and had long since passed away by 1979!

Jon Reynolds is doing a fair bit of consulting at the moment. One of the wineries that he is looking after is Angullong in Orange.

Cheers,
DavidC