NEWS & REVIEWS
If you are looking to keep up with events at Crawford River Wines, we release two newsletters a
year, Autumn and Spring. Once on our
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releases as well as any back vintages we are offering.

Crawford River Wines has received a FIVE STAR rating for the 10th
consecutive year in
James Halliday's latest Australian Wine Companion.  
Over the years our Riesling, Semillon, Cabernet Sauvignon and Nektar have
all featured in  Halliday's
Best of the Best by Variety selection.

He comments:
"Exemplary wines right across the range are made by winemaker John
Thomson, who clearly has the winemaker's equivalent of the gardener's green
thumb."

"John Thomson crafts flawless wines, the riesling invariabley cut like a
diamond."


Bringing in the New year...
Lok Thorton of the
Royal Mail Hotel in Dunkeld had given yet another
compliment to Crawford River in
The Australian Financial Review : Life and
Leisure section Dec 30th.  He is currently matching one of our aged Rieslings
with a vegetable dish in the acclaimed restaurant, whose wine list also
happens to be world class!  Lucky us.

In 2008...
In June 2008, Crawford River conducted a
vertical tasting of Rieslings going
back to 1990.  Held in London, the tasting was invitation only and was
received very well - despite Jancis Robinson missing out on a couple of bottles
due to some thirsty Sommeliers!  For those of you who are members of
Jancis'
Purple Pages, please visit her site for her related article and notes.

We are also thrilled that Crawford River Riesling and Cabernet Merlot 2004
are both currently available at some top London restaurants:
Hakkasan and
Chez Bruce just for kick off!!  We're thrilled.

Due to our meagre crop in 2007 resulting from severe frosts in Spring 2006,
very little 2007 was made - about 200 cases.  Despite this, publicity was
generous.

In 2005...(it was a busy one!)
Crawford River
Riesling was
elevated to the Distinguished Category in the market driven
Langton's 2005
Classification of Australian Wine  -  
The 101 Most Collectable Drops.
A wonderful 30th birthday present indeed.

To quote from the Langton’s book, the Classification  “is regarded
internationally as an “unofficial honour roll” or “form guide” of Australia’s
finest wine – the list challenging people to think about Australia’s place in the
ultra-fine wine market.”   Only fourteen white wines are included in the line-
up and during our time in the wine industry, riesling has never been a
fashionable variety  –  an important criterion for trading in the secondary
wine market.   

Tim White writes  “The rieslings ..……..were thrilling from vintage to
vintage. The Crawford River 2004 is a wine of quite ethereal delight.”

He followed this up by including the 2004 Riesling in his '
MUST HAVES
2005
' published in the Life & Leisure section in The Australian Financial
Review
December 2-4;
" ... amazing clarity and purity of flavour...pristine limy grapefruit flavours,
fine mouth-watering acidity and lovely length.  A thing of rare beauty".



2004 Riesling was also nominated by
Philip Rich in the 05 TOP 20,
published in
The Australian Financial Review Magazine, December Issue;
" A very worthy inclusion in this year's Langton's Classification...the palate is
minerally, intense, bone dry, tightly structured and long."  

"...winemaker John Thomson has an uncanny ability to produce consistently
flawless wine."

2004 Riesling
"Very fine and intense lime blossom aromas;  a mix of lime, apple, spice and
mineral on the perfectly balanced and very long palate."  -  Halliday - 96
points