Pinot & Prosciutto in the Wine Centre this winter

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For the remainder of winter in the Wine Centre we are offering an alternative alongside our regular tastings, with a focus on the Estate Pinot Noirs....Enjoy 3 samples of our premium pinots along with a Prosciutto board, available to book now. 

This August in the Wine Centre we are offering a novel tasting experience; 3 Estate Pinot Noirs with a Prosciutto board. The experience gives you an alternative to our regular or premium tastings whilst giving you a sample of our three premium single vineyard Pinots, also allows you to cosy up in front of our Wine Centre fire with some specially selected Prosciuttos and other charcuterie nibbles. 

The Pinot & Prosciutto experience is a fabulous way to wile away a cold winter's day. It's available every day in August but MUST be booked with a minimum of 24 hours notice. 

$35 ($25 for Wine Allliance members) and includes the following:

Sample glasses of:

2023 Kangerong Pinot Noir
2021 Zumma Pinot Noir
2021 Cri de Coeur Pinot Noir

Prosciutto board for two with two Prosciuttos, crackers, condiments and cheese. 

Take home packs of the wines sampled are available for you to replicate the experience at home.

Click here to book for this experience or email us. Please note that a minimum of 24 hours of notice is required, or phone us on 5987 3800.

15/07/2024 at 1:00 PM Permalink

Macvin makes the Cellar Talk list - The Real Review

Fortified Beauty....Gabrielle Poy's glowing review of Macvin # 5 

We were delighted to see our yet to be released Cri de Coeur Macvin #5 on The Real Review's exclusive Cellar Talk list. Esteemed Real Review wine writer Gabrielle Poy gave it 96 points and rounded it out by stating: "What a Wine! One that makes you think as well as enjoy" Read full review here. 

29/04/2024 at 1:19 PM Permalink

Top Wineries of Australia - The Real Review

The Real Review released their Top Wineries of Australia on April 5th and we found ourselves jumping 100 spots to 75! In the context of more than 2,400 wineries across Australia, we're proud and humbled by this result. 

Congratulations to all the fantastic Australian wineries represented in this year's Top Wineries and the three other Mornington Peninsula wineries featured in this year's list.

https://www.therealreview.com

08/04/2024 at 11:28 AM Permalink

Wild Women in Business

It was a thrill to win a trophy and runner-up trophy at the inaugural Wild Women in Business Awards on Friday, 1 March 2024.

The Wild Women in Business Awards celebrate the achievements of women in business. Zoe Crittenden and the Wine Centre was shortlisted in the categories of Excellence in Hospitality (Service) and Excellence in Hospitality (Venue).

It was wonderful to win the trophy for the first category and the runner up trophy for our venue, and to be recognise dfor the work and passion the whole team brings to the wine experience at Crittenden.

06/03/2024 at 2:53 PM Permalink

Crittenden's Eccentric Savagnins

Renowned Wine Writer, Huon Hooke shared his thoughts about our savagnin wines online at The Real Review. This is a subscription site, so we have shared some of Huon's key insights below.

To read the full article, go to: Crittenden's Eccentric Savagnins.

Down on the Mornington Peninsula, chardonnay and pinot noir reign supreme. But if you’re a winemaker who wants to set himself apart from everyone else, you probably wouldn’t do it with those grapes. If you’re Rollo Crittenden, of Crittenden Estate at Dromana, you’d choose the relatively obscure grape savagnin, native to France’s Jura region. And you’d make two very eccentric wines from it, also inspired by traditional Jura wines.

They are Crittenden Cri de Coeur Sous Voile Savagnin and Crittenden Macvin.

The first is made the same way as the Jura’s most famous wine, Vin Jaune, which reaches its zenith with Château Chalon. It’s aged in ullaged barrels under a film-forming yeast, much the same as in southern Spain where they make fino sherry and Manzanilla, aged under the ‘flor’ yeast. The difference is that sherry is a fortified wine, Vin Jaune is not.

The second wine is a sweet fortified wine also produced from the savagnin grape, a non-vintage wine aged in oak barrels and blended from several vintages. They call it Macvin, the same name it goes by in the Jura.

While the Sous Voile began as co-winemaker Matt Campbell’s baby, the Macvin is Rollo’s. 

It’s great to sip after dinner or chilled as an aperitif. Macvin No 4 is AUD $95. It goes well with various cheeses including blues, and also sweet pastries.

Read more online at The Real Review.

24/01/2024 at 8:00 PM Permalink