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.

Ray Jordan refers to us as "a Hidden Gem"!

Ray Jordan commends our 2007 Cabernet Blend as he reveals the ‘hidden gems’ from the Great Southern, in Thursday’s West Australian’s ‘Cellar Notes’.

“This excellent Great Southern producer has made some terrific reds, with the 2005 vintage of this blend a beauty. This is a medium to full-bodied wine displaying supple fruit elegance with fine grained tannins. Balanced with a lingering finish. 93/100.”

Over 300 wines were submitted in the Blackwood Valley and WA Boutique Wine Show, and the Moombaki 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec blend won GOLD! We are pretty chuffed, and proud to offer this fab release in limited quantities.

Head on over to the store to check out prices and discounts for case purchases.

We are pleased to report that the 2007 reds are coming together beautifully, and best appreciated with a meal, giving the wines a bit of time to open up, and warm to a more palatable temperature (compared to our cool cellar!) I had a lovely man call through the week who was blown away by the 2007 Cab Blend, and wondering if he could find some in Perth close by (he was prepared to drive 40 minutes to La Vigna!) I just had to jot down when he said “

Some recent comments about the 2005 Reserve:

“we are having a MOOMBAKI night; the 07 Chardonnay was great, but the 2005 Reserve was superb . . . it is just drinking beautifully, an outstanding wine”

“as soon as you let it sit for even 15 minutes or so was wonderful . . . terrific”

“I tried this wine over the weekend……it was simply superb”

Only 100 bottles of this wine left for sale, so if you were planning on squirreling a few away in your cellar you’d better get a move on.

PS. The Premium RED mixed cases have proved popular with 2 x 05 Reserve and 5 each of the 07 Cab Blend & Shiraz wines [$325] or try our Dinner Party 6 Pack [$180]

It has been a pretty dry year, which has caused the vines a bit of stress (apparently good for flavour profiles as long as the vines don’t start to shut down). So it was with the forecast of an electrical storm, and a big dump of raining coming that we decided it was time to pick.

The baume readings were looking really good (slowly, but surely going up), so plenty of sugar and flavour in the grapes. We put a great team together – mostly friends and family who love a MOOMBAKI drop – and perfect weather ensued for a great day of picking. All up we picked the Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec (for that lovely bordeaux style blend) and Shiraz in the one day.

Star of the day had to be our own 14 y.o. Nelson, who hauled the buckets all day and together with James emptied them into the picking bins, equating to handling around 7 1/2 tonnes of fruit!