NORTH X NORTH EAST WINE FESTIVAL - OLD MELBOURNE GAOL
Saturday 9 August, 11.00am - 7.30pm (multiple sessions)
On Saturday August 9th, Melbournians are invited to experience the bold, the rare, the fortified and the unforgettable, as the wines of North East Victoria are poured within the walls of the historic and iconic Old Melbourne Gaol City Watch House for the inaugural North x North East Victorian Wine festival. With three session times available, starting at 11am, 2pm or 5pm, this festival is the perfect Melbourne Winter Warmer activity
The event will showcase the diversity and depth of seven wine regions—Nagambie Lakes, Glenrowan, King Valley, Beechworth, Rutherglen, Mansfield, and The Alpine Valleys. From elegant cool-climate varietals to powerful reds and pioneering Proseccos, the festival is a journey through the heart of high country wine, including Valhalla Wines.
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WINE & VINE FESTIVAL - ABBOTSFORD CONVENT
Saturday 14 September, 12pm – 7pm (multiple sessions)
Sunday 15 September, 12pm – 5pm (multiple sessions)
One of Melbourne's premier wine tasting festival!
Showcasing over 30 of Victoria's best and boutique wineries (including Valhalla Wines) - we bring the wine tour to you. Plus live music and food trucks makes it a perfect day out with friends. Join us at Abbotsford Convent.
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VALHALLA WINES 20th ANNIVERSARY POP UP - SATURDAY 4th OCTOBER
A pop up Cellar door experience in Rutherglen celebrating 20 years of Valhalla Wines. Anton will be searching through the stocks to bring out some classics as well as three new release wines.
NORTH EAST FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL - DINNER Friday 24th October & FESTIVAL Saturday 25th October.
On the Friday night, Miss Amelie will be helping us celebrate 20 years with a six course degustation dinner perfectly matched to s selection of Valhalla's newest releases and some gems from the cellar.
Saturday sees us joining some of the best in food and drinks from the North East at Junction Place, Wodonga.
WINE REVIEWS
95 Points Durif Reserve 2021 - "Congratulations are in order. When it comes to Durif, the term 'reserve' can mean pushing the envelope. Instead, behold a wine of poise, engaging charm AND cellaring potential. Blueberry, cherry, plum, lavender, rosemary and hazelnut. Expansive and finely edged on the palate with an inviting core of lifted aromatics, fruit, chocolate and a touch of savouriness. Durif’s usually pesky grape tannins are in control, but not aggressively so. It's a subtle difference that allows something for now (drinkability) and something for later. Best of both worlds." Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion 2024.
94 Points Tempranillo Reserve 2021 - "This Rutherglen-based winemaker is exploring nearby North East Victorian regions for grape sourcing with great success. Tempranillo thrives in the Alpine Valleys and this is an excellent, well-priced example. Dark in colour and personality with a deep, spiced black cherry/plum fragrance with forest undergrowth, herbs and bay leaf. A subtle hand with oak gives full and lasting expression to the fruit and well-handled acid/tannin interplay. Well balanced. More, please!" Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion 2024.
92 Points Tempranillo 2022 - "A joven (early-drinking) style of tempranillo that rocks. A joy to drink with a keen emphasis on the brighter, fruitier, spicier side of the Spanish grape with dark cherry, plum, red licorice, rosemary and earth. Fruit surges and explores all the senses while tethered gently to fine, perky tannins. Dangerously drinkable." Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion 2024.
95 Points Riesling 2018 SOLD OUT - "Sourced from Whitlands, one of the highest vineyard sites in Victoria, which is known for producing pure and intense white wines. An arousing scent of concentrated lime with lemon butter and delicate floral aromatics ushers in this complex, but incredibly youthful, four-year-old Riesling. Crisp, dry and tangy, the palate shows hints of toast with green apple and citrus. Chalky in texture and tight in lemony acidity with fabulous focus and drive." Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion 2024.
95 Points Chardonnay Reserve 2019 SOLD OUT - "Sourced from the Nicholson vineyard; hand picked, whole-bunch pressed, fermented and matured in French oak. Shows a confident winemaking hand for a chardonnay of some elegance. Pale yellow and bright. Grapefruit, stone fruit, nougat and preserved lemon perfume is lifted and super inviting. What follows offers plenty of flavour, leesy almond meal texture and overall complexity. Stays with you on a long finish. Nicely detailed throughout with a bright future ahead." Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion 2024.
I was very proud that Valhalla Wines is now considered a 5 star winery in the 2024 James Halliday Wine Companion. With five of our wines scoring over 90/100, and three of them scoring 95/100,
