After a two-year wait, Ballandean Estate is releasing its single-vineyard Fiano vintage, just in time for the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. In Roman times, Fiano was called Apianum, derived from the Latin word for bees, who swarm en masse around ripe Fiano berries given the chance.
Ballandean Estate is set to release its exclusive 2018 vintage single-vineyard Durif, a full-bodied alternative red. The ultimate choice for any lover of big reds, this much anticipated vintage will be available for tasting at Ballandean Estate’s cellar door and for sale online from Saturday 28 August…
When it comes to pizzaz and Australian Shiraz, wine pioneers and Ballandean Estate founders Angelo and Mary Puglisi will be celebrating their lifetime achievement in style on Australia’s second annual Shiraz Wine Day this Thursday 22 July 2021. They stand behind over 50 years of Shiraz, a…
The Barrelroom is launching a six-course winter degustation menu at Ballandean Estate’s signature restaurant this weekend. This will be the first time since COVID-19 lockdown in April 2020 that visitors can experience a degustation in the rustic heart of Queensland’s oldest family owned and operated winery. Over 150 punters flocked to Ballandean Estate’s inaugural Autumn Race Day on Sunday 2 May 2020. Aimee McKean and Madeleine Green from Brisbane won the Vineyard Cup with syndicate Madeleine’s Fury. They will be hosting an exclusive Ballandean Estate pop-up tasting at home with ten lucky friends. Ballandean Estate is releasing its much-anticipated 2018 vintage single-vineyard Saperavi, a full-bodied rare and alternative red. The Granite Belt has garnished itself a fearsome reputation for this varietal, originating in Soviet Georgia, where they have been making wine…
Angelo and Mary Puglisi, pioneers of the wine industry in Queensland, are releasing Ballandean Estate’s 50th Anniversary Opera Block Shiraz today, a milestone for the Granite Belt, the Puglisi family and Queensland wine. Newlyweds Angelo and Mary Puglisi embarked on their lifelong wine adventure in 1968…
Rotary Stanthorpe’s Charity…
The Australia Day long weekend on the Granite Belt has smashed visitation records, with wineries and accommodation houses recording a visitor influx that has operators pumped for a stellar year ahead. Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi, fourth-generation vigneron and long-time Granite Belt…
In a world-first, this Friday Ballandean Estate is releasing an intoxicating trilogy of its critically acclaimed single-vineyard Strange Bird™ varietals: Giallo, Fiano and Malvasia. Ballandean Estate winemaker Dylan Rhymer has lent his sophisticated finesse to this aromatic blend to deliver a full-bodied aromatic white with a…
Rare and alternative wine release
Ballandean Estate Wines and Rotary Stanthorpe are galloping ahead with the inaugural Autumn Race Day, on hold over 2020 due to the pandemic. Queensland’s oldest family-owned and operated winery is set to host Rotary Stanthorpe’s annual charity fundraiser on Sunday 2 May 2021.
Booming at our cellar door
