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Welcome to the media section of the Ballandean Estate Wines website. We welcome your ongoing support, and are always happy to arrange famil visits for travel writers and journalists. 

You'll find our most recent media releases on our News page. Like to join our media distribution list? Please email your contact details to info@ballandeanestate.com.

We have an abundance of stories, video footage and imagery to share. If you have a media enquiry, please contact Brooke Billett, Marketing & Publicity Manager. She can arrange your interview, a famil visit, and support you with content.

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Brooke Billett (L) and Robyn Puglisi-Henderson (R) like to work in the Barrelroom Wine Lounge.

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Published media highlights 

Ballandean Estate welcomes new winemaker to family business

Winetitles, published 24 January 2023

When planting, growers such as Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi from Ballandean Estate Wines in the Granite Belt in Queensland, anticipated the needs of future generations. She said with a changing climate, choosing varieties was difficult when the vines could be in the ground for decades.

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Australian wine industry future-proofed with plans to store varieties in high security labs

ABC Rural,  Megan Hughes, published 24 Nov 2022 

When planting, growers such as Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi from Ballandean Estate Wines in the Granite Belt in Queensland, anticipated the needs of future generations. She said with a changing climate, choosing varieties was difficult when the vines could be in the ground for decades.

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Ballandean Estate farewells winemaker Dylan Rhymer

Winetitles, published 24 Aug 2022 

“Dylan has underpinned Ballandean Estate’s industry accolades for almost a quarter of a century. He’s our longest-serving winemaker. We’ve survived drought, bushfires, hailstorms and floods – he’s family,” fourth generation vigneron Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi said.

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Ballandean Estate open the Granite Belt’s first wine lounge

Winetitles, published 18 July 2022 

Fourth-generation Ballandean estate vigneron Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi said she has been wanting to open a wine lounge for years. The opening of ‘The Barrel Room’ marks the region’s first wine lounge and hopes to be a step forward for the region as a whole.

“We hope to provide a first-class, relaxed, extended tasting experience here. Visitors can sit back and indulge in fine wine and local produce from 9am to 5pm each day,” she said.

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Prestigious trophy honours Queensland's father of wine

Courier-Mail, published 25 Feb 2019 

THE father of Queensland wine has a new feather to add to his cap. The Royal Queensland Wine Show (RQWS) has named its most prestigious award after Ballandean Estate Wines' Angelo Puglisi. Australia's first capital city wine show of the season will now award the Angelo Puglisi Grand Champion Wine of Show trophy. Mr Puglisi has worked in the Queensland wine industry for more than 50 years and he said it was an honour to have the Grand Champion trophy named after him.

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Ballandean Estate Winery releases 50th anniversary Shiraz

The Chronicle, published 23 March 2021 

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The godfather of the Queensland wine industry celebrates 50 years

Courier-Mail, published 3 November 2018 , extracts

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