Dwayne’s 2023 Vintage Report
The 2023 vintage at Austin’s winery proved to be another year of exceptional quality, despite the challenges faced during the growing season.
Halliday Ratings for Austin’s and 6Ft6 2023
Each year, wineries around Australia wait for their Halliday scores. It is a way to get outside feedback and reviews on your wines, that is comparable year on year. Jeni Port is the reviewer for the Geelong region and this…
Award Winning – Austin’s 2020 Pinot Noir, Released 19th May
On Thursday 19th May we’re releasing our 2020 Pinot Noir – and it comes with a very exciting accolade!
Austin’s Wines 2022 Vintage Report, with Head Winemaker, Dwayne Cunningham
The 2022 growing season threw many challenges (hailstorms, severe rain, earthquake!!). Luckily here at Austin’s, we dodged many of the major weather events and had a successful vintage, in both quality and yield. After harvest in 2021, the vineyard held…
SIX YEARS IN THE MAKING. The story of our shearing shed conversion.
THE AUSTIN’S CELLAR DOOR IS HERE (AND WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT). READ ALL ABOUT THE CELLAR DOOR CONVERSION BELOW. 2016 We met our Architect via DM’s In the modern world, you meet over social media and that is…
Vintage 2021; a vintage to remember
New Year, New Winemaker – 2021 will be a vintage to remember! It’s that time of year again and we have been hard at work in the vineyard harvesting what will become our 2021 releases. Early indications are that the…
Meet the Winemaker: Dwayne Cunningham
Meet the Austin’s Winemaker: Dwayne Cunningham Meet Dwayne. Here has been the Austin’s winemaker from 2020. You’ll be getting to see lots of Dwayne; at the winery, at events, at our cellar door and of course, on our socials….
Rent a Vine Harvest 2021; let’s pick!
This guest blog post is written by Eliesha Rae, a returning Rent a Vine participant, wine lover and writer extraordinaire. New year, new winemaker, new wine, new crew. There are not many things that could tempt me away from my…
Austin’s Christmas Pop Up
After some last minute gifts whilst shopping for your Christmas feast? Well you’re in luck. This year, we are hosting your ultimate Christmas shopping experience. We will be popping up shop at the Fresh Food Merchant in the week leading…
What does “clone” mean when it comes to wine?
What is a clone and what are pinot noir clones? So what does clone mean when it comes to wine? The English word clone is based on a Greek word for twig and refers to the practice of generating a…