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!
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Fruit & Bottling
May 20th, 2011 by MelissaWhat 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!
Moombaki @ the Old Pantry Degustation Menu – Taste Great Southern
February 24th, 2011 by Melissa
Join us for a rare treat on the eve of MOOMBAKI’s 11th vintage; a degustation menu featuring current & rare museum wines, carefully matched with a delectable selection of truly local and lovingly prepared produce.
MOOMBAKI @ the OLD PANTRY - 5 Course Degustation Menu – $85 pp
Friday 4th March 7pm
The OLD PANTRY 12 Mt Shadforth Rd Denmark 9848 1260
Bookings essential – payment required prior to event Only a handful of seats left!
Dave’s Vintage News
February 23rd, 2011 by Melissa
This season we had a very dry winter resulting in earlier bud-burst by 7 to 10 days. Fortunately good rains in early summer provided some relief. Mild conditions during flowering provided good fruit set. Early canopy management has eased the disease pressure following the 2 weeks of abnormally wet and humid weather in late January.
Bird pressure has been higher than normal with no Marri flowering. This was most evident in our strawberry and tomato patch at home, so netting the vineyard was brought forward 1 week for the Chardonnay and 2 weeks for the reds. This was completed by mid-January. I suspect vineyards who have delayed netting will face significant disease pressure from the bird peck, high humidity and summer rains. The balance between fruit and foliage is very good with average yields predicted. Current baume readings indicate we are on track to pick early March for the Chardonnay and the Cabernets, Malbec and Shiraz late March/early April. Cyclones or unforseen weather events aside, we look set to have an excellent 2011 vintage! Cheers Dave
The Old Pantry, Denmark Restaurant
February 22nd, 2011 by Melissa
The Old Pantry is an exciting new restaurant next-door to the Butter Factory on Mt Shadforth Rd, Denmark. Jiri Srutka is the passionate chef and he sources all his produce locally (and I mean within a 5 to 50km radius), and he is causing much excitement due to his in-house charcuterie most notably from ethically grown venison and pork from just down the road. Marron features on the menu as well as freshly caught seafood. The menu changes weekly depending on what is available through the local networks. We’ve experienced some fantastic flavours and melt-in-the-mouth moments as his many repeat customers will also testify.
Dinner: Friday & Saturday nights
Lunch: Weekends
Bookings necessary: 9848 1260
Christmas Raffle
December 24th, 2010 by Melissa
As promised, we compiled all the entries in our Christmas raffle, dutifully placed the corresponding raffle numbers in a container, shook it up and asked middle son Oliver (the most responsible!) to draw the winning entry.
Tah Daaah! And the winner is Debbie Payne from Australind who can drink merrily (and responsibly) this Christmas, and even if the rellies over do it, there will be replenishing stock on it’s way!
Wishing you all a safe and beautiful Christmas with yummy food, fine wine and the odd pressie or two.
Thanks for all your support throughout the year . . . Merry Christmas from Melissa, Dave and the boys.
New Release 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec . . .
November 27th, 2010 by MelissaThe MOOMBAKI Bordeaux blend has attracted quite a following over the years. It’s close to our hearts – all handpicked fruit from our estate grown vines, carefully monitored over the growing season, matured in the best fine-grained French oak for 24 months, and exhibiting lovely complexity and earthy flavours. And the best thing . . . it only gets better with age!
This new release has already earned a GOLD at the Blackwood Valley & Boutique Wine Show, and 2 BRONZE awards at the Qantas Wine Show of Western Australia, and the Australian Small Winemakers Show.
Available now in our online shop
Great Southern Riesling & Shiraz Dinner
October 12th, 2010 by MelissaThis Saturday 16th October the Hyatt will be hosting a Great Southern Riesling and Shiraz Dinner at Gershwin’s – an excellent opportunity to try some of the region’s finest wines matched with beautiful food. Winemakers will be on hand to present the wines, with the entertaining Verity James residing over the evening. Of course, MOOMBAKI Shiraz will be poured! Check out all the info here and get in quick to purchase tickets.
Rare Museum Wines Draw!
October 1st, 2010 by MelissaA big thankyou to all of you for supporting last months’ Museum Wines Draw . . . We had a fantastic response which we are really chuffed about.
When it came time to drawing the winning entry, we popped all the lucky numbers in a container for one of the kids to draw, but of course they each wanted a turn so we thought we’d draw the main prize followed by 2 runner-up prizes of a bottle each of 05 & 07 Reserve (which we were kinda thinking of doing anyway!) So . . . the main prize of a dozen Rare Museum Wines from the MOOMBAKI cellar was won by Luke Ulstrup . . . Congratulations!
And the 2 runner-up prizes of a bottle each of 05 & 07 Reserve goes to Lyndon Hardy & Simon Rivett. Your prizes will be in the post on Monday. Enjoy!
Once again a big thanks to you all for entering and keep up the good MOOMBAKI drinking! Have a great weekend . . .
It’s our 10th Vintage!
April 29th, 2010 by Melissa
Making it through 10 years of producing grapes and growing a wine label feels like a major achievement, especially as there have been some pretty tough times thrown in there as well!
Producing fantastic fruit has kept us on track and continually meeting new people who love our wines and our ethos (like yourselves!) continues to make it worthwhile.
So we wanted to say thanks for your support, and we thought the best way to do that is to upgrade your next order with a bottle of the exquisite 2007 Reserve ($55)! So, if you order a mixed case (or a case of your favourite reds) we’ll swap one of the bottles over for a Reserve. The only hitch is we can only offer this for one week, as we are taking a month off to revitalise before the pruning starts! So pop into the Moombaki shop, or give us a call on 08 9840 8006 – before May 7th, 2010. Update: This offer now closed.. thanks to our customers who ordered. Also, keep in mind that our gorgeous 07 Shiraz has just about sold-out – last 6 cases available for sale.
