Get in quick for the annual Moombaki Christmas Draw!

To help tempt you with your Christmas wine orders, and to encourage you to get them in early for delivery, we have put together the most delectable case of museum wines yet! With a value of more than $550. When you buy a case of wine we put you in the draw to win a 12 pack containing:
05 Reserve
04 Shiraz
05 Shiraz
03 Cabernet Sauvignon
04 Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Malbec
05 Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Malbec
03 Chardonnay
04 Chardonnay
05 Chardonnay
06 Chardonnay
07 Chardonnay
08 Chardonnay
One lucky customer is going to get a terrific surprise – so make sure you are in it! All orders received by 11th December, 5pm will go in the draw – so get in quick before you get side-tracked and forget!



Taste Spring in Denmark

Don’t want to hang out with the traffic jams and the Queen in Perth this long weekend? Head down to Denmark for some peace and wine, and foodie love.

On Saturday 29th October the local wineries (including Moombaki), beer brewers, food producers are all coming together under one roof at Willoughby Park with lots of entertainment including masterclasses by Anna Gare and local chefs. And on the Sunday Anna Gare and Silas Masih are coming together for the inaugural Denmark Rustic Sunday Lunch. What a treat!
Information for the events here.



Fleurieu Art Prize Finalist . . . Melissa Boughey

Our resident painter (that’s Me!) got a huge shock upon finding that she’d been shortlisted as a finalist for the Fleurieu Water Prize. How exciting eh? If you are on our mailing list you’d regularly hear me going on about our healthy wetlands and how we have to look after the whole system . . . well that has all been feeding into my art practice too, ‘cos I find that network of wetlands, tributaries, rivers & swamps pretty inspiring.

Then a few hours later I was hanging out the washing and Dave said “You’ve got another email from Fleurieu” which made me think they’d made a boo boo. But low and behold, another painting I’d entered had been shortlisted for the main Fleurieu Art Prize! I really can’t tell you how ecstatic that made me feel, just to get shortlisted. The funny thing was, I nearly withdrew my entries at the last minute because of a stress attack! Find some more work here.



Country Style feature on MOOMBAKI!

Can you believe it? We’ve been featured in September Country Style with an article about our life in the country. From how we met, to how we got here, and how we try to make a living with our gorgeous wines!

When we were approached by the Country Style editorial team we were pretty excited that they might find us interesting. After all, it’s just what we do! We’ve been living here for 17 years now (gosh!) and raised a family here, and grown a business. And we’ve really hung in when it’s been tough. Each year seems to have new adventures (some of which we’d rather not have to deal with!). I have to say, I love to read about how other people manage their circumstances and how they balance work, family and cash-flow! And you often find there is an underlying creativity and adaptability holding it all together, and an appreciation and respect for the environment.

Grab a copy at your local newsagent and tell someone you’ve already discovered us and love our wines! Here’s a link to the article.



Great Southern Winemakers Long Table Dinner


Date: Saturday 27 August

Time: 06.30 pm

Location: Hyatt Regency Perth

Venue: Gershwin’s Main Dining Suite

Cost: $ 120 per person

Following the success of last year’s event, Gerry Gannon will be hosting six wine makers from the renowned Great Southern Wine Region, who will dine with customers and have small panel discussions about selected wines.

 

This promises to be an interactive evening with industry leaders and is taking place over a carefully prepared three-course dinner paired with a select range of Great Southern wines from 15 producers.

For reservations, please contact Hyatt Regency Perth on 08 9225 1204

 



Walpole Wilderness EcoCruise – WOW

 

For Dave’s birthday this year we took him out on a Walpole Wilderness Cruise – something we’ve been meaning to do for ages! We’ve always heard the best reports about the trip from both locals & tourists and what an amazing job Gary Muir does. All I can say is you have to do it. Gary is so entertaining and brimming with interesting info that he is bursting to tell you in his delightful and unorthodox manner, with conservation values being a highlight. The cuppa and cake was pretty good too, and the kids thought the stingrays in the inlet were pretty awesome & I’m sure they’ll never think of a marsupial in the same way again!



Moombaki featured in SPICE magazine

The winter edition of Spice magazine is full of all that is soulful and real about our WA food and producers. It’s a magazine that is highly regarded in the industry and by all of us who love good food and wine, carefully grown local produce and eating what’s in season.

So we were thrilled when Spice came to visit us on the back of our inclusion in Murdoch Uni’s Resilient Regions program for the second year running. For us it’s always been about building a business from the grassroots up, but at the same time improving our resources: fencing off the river, revegetating natural bushlands, increasing native habitat and the healthy wetlands teeming with life are a prime example of all that. When you buy wine from us you support that biodiversity. Check out the story in Spice! Link here.



Buy in May and win!

Buy this month and go in the draw to win Dave’s Favourites 6 pack selection; 1 x 07 Reserve, 1 x 04 Cab, 1 x 07 Cab, 1 x 08 Cab, 1 x 07 Shiraz, 1 x 08 Shiraz. Delicious! All you have to do is purchase one case of wine during May and you will automatically go in the draw to win this super selection. Value $215



Dave’s Shed

Work has been continuing on Dave’s recycled and reclaimed shed. Nearly all the materials were sourced from the farm or the tip, with some timber posts cut from the neighbours. So now the vineyard has the proper space for storing the nets and the tractor. It’s been keeping Dave so busy I think he might be moving in; actually he was talking about a mezzanine floor. You know; men and their sheds!



Fruit & Bottling

What do you do when you have loads of pears & plenty of left-over reds? Get out the Vacola jars and do some old-fashioned bottling. Our beurre bosc pear tree was loaded with fruit this year, so we made the most of by preserving the pears in a spiced red wine syrup (with star anise & cinnamon sticks). Once they have been bottled they can be stored for months and we have instant desert – beautiful on top of chocolate almond cake (finish with a chocolate glaze) mmmm!