Fowles Farm To Table, Shiraz Victoria 2018

At Fowles, we are a motley crew of raconteurs and entrepreneurs, auctioneers, law men, farmers, hunters and wine makers. From the frontier land, our forefathers (and mothers) founded what is now Bendigo Bank. Since then, we've gone wild, settling into a life on the land.

Vigneron, hunter and farmer, Matt Fowles raises the bar, swapping the vitriol of the courtroom for the vineyards of the Strathbogie Ranges. Matt leads a team of characters making wine with character.

Since the gold rush in the 1800's to the first blush of spring every year since, our team of passionate producers continue to break ground. From our family to our friends, it's our hardworking team behind the scenery that pour everything into making Fowles Wine one of Australia's finest cool climate wine producers and one of Victoria's most welcoming farm, food and wine experiences.

WINEMAKING: 2017 was a very cool year, producing lighter, finer style red wines. This wine is blended from Shiraz parcels from a number of distinctly different Central Victorian sites all which create amazing complexity in the wine. The fruit for this wine was picked from three vineyards across Victoria –Boort Estate, Tallis Vineyards and our own Upton Run vineyard. The fruit was fermented in in an open stainless steel fermenter. It was then matured for nine months in a combination of old French (70%) and American (30%) oak.