NEWS

Halliday Wine Companion 2022

We are delighted with our 2022 Halliday Wine Companion Results and are honoured to have been yet again awarded as a Top 5-Red Star winery. This award recognises Crittenden Estate as an outstanding winery regularly producing wines of exemplary quality and typicity. This year, we have had our rating elevated and are now considered as truly the best of the best (in the top 12.7%) - awarded to wineries who have held the Top 5-Red Star rating for ten plus years. 

Our wines consistenly achieved top scores - six Outstanding wines and five Highly Recommended. The stand out was the Cri de Coeur 2019 Chardonnay achieving 96 points.  

Click here to read the full results. 

To purchase wines, click here. 

18/08/2021 at 10:15 AM Permalink

Tune in to hear Rollo interviewed on 3MP

In case you missed it, Kate Stevenson’s RELISH show is now up as a PODCAST you can listen to. It went to air on 3MP last weekend. 

https://omny.fm/shows/relish-with-kate-stevenson/the-relish-podcast-episdode-20

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This week on Relish with Kate Stevenson

The boozy and the not-so-boozy! Kate chats to Mornington Peninsula winemaker Rollo Crittenden about the best wines for winter but also why you should still be getting down to that stunning part of the state over the colder months.

Also, Yolanda Uys has joined the now very popular throng of distillers making non-alcoholic spirits that are so good, she'll chat about Banks Botanicals. 

All thanks to Diamond Celebrations - Food for all occasions.

21/07/2021 at 4:07 PM Permalink

The Big Red Book

It was a labour of love that spanned 27 years. Margaret Crittenden's collection of clippings and cuttings from all sources documenting the growth of the Mornington Peninsula wine industry from its embryonic state to the powerhouse it is today. 

Click here to read an article found in Western Port news about the handing over of the Red Book to the Shire in a ceremony held at Crittenden Estate. Click here to read a digital version of the Big Red Book.

11/06/2021 at 2:41 PM Permalink

Winter Wine Weekend

Due to a restriction on numbers the very difficult decision has been made to cancel the 2021 Winter Wine Weekend. If you have tickets to the festival on Saturday 24th July please contact the organisers to determine the processes. 

We WILL still be doing the Truffle Dinner on Friday 23rd July at Stillwater. Please see here for bookings and more information. 

03/06/2021 at 2:28 PM Permalink

One Hour Out

In wine terms, “Vintage” is the harvest of the year’s grape crop and making it into wine. It’s like the Grand Final for wine producers. All the hard work during the year, nurturing vines and managing the health of the soil and vineyard culminates in a few mad weeks of picking, fermenting, crushing, racking, and all the things that go into making that precious juice....

We loved hosting Mike from One Hour Out over vintage. Spent a lovely morning showing him around and chatting about the things we do here and how we came to arrive at this point, including all things family. Click on the article below to read! 

https://onehourout.com.au/melbourne/one-hour-out/food-and-drink/restaurant/vintage-at-crittenden-estate/

03/06/2021 at 11:57 AM Permalink