Inkwell Wines is hosting the first public tasting of the six Hacking the Future of Shiraz Vintage 2024 wines on Saturday 11 January.
The project is the brainchild of Inkwell to celebrate the winery becoming the first Regenerative Organic Certified vineyard and winery in Australia in 2023 and one of the first 15 certified in the world.
The tasting will be held at Inkwell’s tasting rooms at 377 California Road, Tatachilla, McLaren Vale, between 12 and 5pm.
The six winemakers involved, Steve and Jemma Fielke (J&S Fielke), Erin Pooley (Little Frances), Michelle Li (Ms. L), Darcy Chiswell (Daa See), Nick Dugmore (I. Am.) and Irina Santiago-Brown (Inkwell) will all be in attendance.
They will share their experiences innovating a new path forward for fresh and approachable styles of Australian Shiraz.
“We recognised the positive changes that have occurred as a result of regenerative practices since 2019 and thought the best way to demonstrate these is as wines,” Inkwell’s Dudley Brown says.
“In each of the last two years, our CO2 sequestered has exceeded our Scope 2 CO2 emissions by eight to 10 times for the year.
“Net zero is well within the industry’s grasp in a shorter time frame than previously envisioned.
“We chose to celebrate these outcomes with ‘below the radar” winemakers by giving them access to ‘A’ quality phenologically ripe grapes at much lower sugars than are typically grown in industrially managed vineyards.
“We believe this is the most exciting combination of events going on in the Australian wine landscape.”
To accelerate the project, the producers are sharing all of their winemaking notes publicly for others to learn from and use to encourage rapid innovation and conversation across the Australian wine industry beginning with Vintage 2025.
Tastings will begin on the hour starting at 12pm and last 45 minutes.
Guests with bookings will be prioritised for seating. Bookings and details are available here.
Mixed six packs will be available for sale on the day.
Winemakers, wine students and consumers are all encouraged to attend.
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