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.
Rare and alternative wine release
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…
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.
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.
Booming at our cellar door
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…
Queensland’s oldest family-owned and -operated winery future-proofed its reputation for world-class Shiraz by planting 5000 Shiraz plants next to the Opera Block vineyard at Ballandean Estate last week.
Fourth-generation vigneron Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi says,
Ballandean Estate’s award-winning single vineyard premium Shiraz is sourced from…
Dolce, it’s the Italian for ‘sweet life’. Discover the la delizia pleasures and luxury we have to share with you!
Some like it dry, some like it sweet! Exclusive member benefits is what Ballandean Estate’s Dolce Gold Club is all about. And glorious sweet wines!
After opening its doors ten days ago to interstate visitors, Ballandean Estate Wines is reporting a minimal impact on visitation. Queenslanders continue to embrace a wine country getaway as visitors pour in from the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane primarily.
Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi, fourth-generation vigneron at…