Ngeringa Blog
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Pourquoi Syrah?
What’s in a name? Given how hard it is to remember all of the grape varietals out there in the first place, why would someone go out of their way to confuse matters further by giving more than one name to the same grape? While you’re navigating your way between Sauvignon and Savagnin or managing the pronunciation of Viognier, the last thing you need is a long list of synonyms to contend with as well! Did you know that Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio are, in fact, one and the same? So are Mourvèdre ...
Three tips for a sustainable Christmas
The holidays can be an opportunity for so much family-centered fun and creativity but often we find ourselves pulled into a hectic several weeks of spending and consumption. We’d love to share a few of the ways we try to ensure that Christmas in our house is cheerful as well as sustainable: 1. Rather than buying a pine from a tree farm, consider opting for an indigenous tree more suited to the local environment or even using branches and greenery from your own garden to create your own tree. 2. ...
Cellar Door Sundays
Announcing Cellar Door Sundays at Ngeringa! Now don’t get us wrong – we absolutely love pizza. And serve up a wood-oven fired, handmade pizza with seasonal estate-grown and local ingredients alongside a glass of fine, biodynamic Ngeringa wine and we are SO there. But the thing is, we have this awesome chef and there comes a time in every chef’s life when he says, “Can we please mix it up a bit so I can make something else delicious with your amazing estate-grown produce?” Who are we to say no? ...
Welcome summer rains!
Raining raining raining! After a long dry spell and a whole heap of unrelenting heat, the weather gods have changed their tune entirely in the past week. We’re increasingly soggy out here in the Hills… 30+mm since yesterday after a weekend of mad rain storms. Now we love a long, warm summer day just as much as the next guy, but it must be said that our thirsty vineyards are positively gleeful. You can practically hear the grapes cheering from the winery. And with only about a fortnight to go ...
Calling all Love Bugs!
At NGERINGA Vineyards, we’re in love with the good bugs that keep our vines naturally healthy thanks to our biodynamic farming approach which allows them to flourish. We aim for sustainability – for our environment, the fine wines we create, the good food we grow and the good life we all live. Be a Love Bug this Crush Festival and honour the bugs that help us do our bit for sustainability with a fun, Love Bug-themed all-day champagne breakfast and lunch menu extravaganza by Hill of Grace Restaurant head chef Dennis ...
3 Tips for a Sustainable Christmas
At Christmas it is so tempting to overindulge in the myriad of shiny and tasty things on offer everywhere. Like everyone else, we want Christmas to be special, and we have found that putting that little extra thought into our decorations, presents and food makes our festive season all the more special: 1. Grow your own or be a ‘local yokel’! Food is a big thing at Christmas: we buy, eat and waste too much of it! So this is where we make a lot of our conscious shopping decisions. ...
A beautiful day at the Picnic
Since 2009 NGERINGA has been delighted to be involved with the Picnic at Marble Hill – a one-day festival of artisan wine and food from the cool heart of the Adelaide Hills. The Picnic was the inspiration of another winegrower from the Adelaide Hills – Tom Munro of Whisson Lake in Carey Gully – with the intent of showcasing single-vineyard, small-batch, minimal-intervention artisan wines from our region. The event certainly does that but has grown to do so much more besides: offering a beautiful array of foods from local producers, featuring ...
Bottling day!
In the winery we have been – sigh – bottling. Certainly not the job anyone longs for on our production calendar. You may well ask, why after a year of gorgeous agricultural and artistic toil amongst vineyards and barrels would we bother with the drudgery of the bottling line? Simply put, it is because of the heart and soul we devote to our winegrowing that we do it. Running our own bottling line may not be glamorous, but it keeps us in control of the whole process, which is at ...
NGERINGA Vineyards wins the Regional Award hat trick and joins the Brand SA Hall of Fame!
For the third year running, we are the proud winners of the PIRSA-sponsored Brand SA Hills & Coasts Regional Award for Premium Wine from our Clean Environment, taking home not just the beautiful annual glass pear award but the golden Hall of Fame pear as well. The Brand SA award recognises wine companies pushing the boundaries of environmentally sustainable practices whilst achieving a quality product. Hall of Fame induction is granted to those businesses that have won three annual Regional Awards. To receive this award for the past three years ...
What’s happening in our front yard?
Many who have visited NGERINGA at the cellar door have seen the incredible development of the Ngeringa Cultural Centre (NCC) at the front of the property over the last 18 months. A separate entity to NGERINGA Vineyards, the NCC features a sophisticated, architecturally-designed and sustainably-built chamber concert hall, purpose built to host the Ngeringa Concert Series. This frequently sold-out concert program of internationally-recognised performances has been run on the Ngeringa property for the last 12 years from a humble weatherboard building. Now officially open, the new NCC is the latest ...