Newsletter No.6 July 2010 Read Now (click here)
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Keith Brien – Winemaker/ Director Silver Wings
Since leaving Cleveland Estate in 2003 (after 25 years), I have been producing a highly regarded range of wines for export to the U.S.A. under the label ‘Marquee Artisan Wines’. In pursuit of my passion for making long-lived Single Estate wine, I established my own label ‘Silver Wings Wines’ highlighting a wine from Mourvedre and Shiraz fruit grown on old vines in the Shepparton region of Central Victoria. Named after Vincenzo Conte, who immigrated to Australia in 1952 and later planted the vineyard, it has become my privilege to work with his old vines to produce outstanding quality wine in his memory. The first vintage 2004 release, achieved significant recognition from the Australian and International Wine Show circuit and subsequent vintages are made in the traditional time honoured way, to ensure great cellar aging capacity. I believe through expression of soil and fruit concentration from this site, the “Vincenzo’s Old Vines” will become recognized as one of the great wines of Australia.
I have also continued to release Sparkling wines made from aged Cellar Reserve stocks from my previous site, Cleveland Estate in the Macedon Ranges. In addition I offer rare and interesting wines from my personal and private collections from my “Cellar Door” in a restored Art Deco warehouse at Munster Terrace, North Melbourne. My wines are not made available through commercial retail outlets so visitation offers a unique experience of tasting and sales of a different and truly exciting range of wines on the edge of Melbourne CBD.
For more information on the individual wines, including those available from my personal cellar, go to Wine Sales.
Vincenzo Conte C.1958
Cellar Door Tasting Room (Nth Melbourne)