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3. International
Appellation
System

4. ©Wine Australia 2010 1
A GUIDE TO LABELLING WITH GEOGRAPHICAL
INDICATIONS

5. International
Appellation
System

6. Wine Regions of Australia

7. International
Appellation
System

8. Limestone
Coastline
outlined as
map on the
bottom of
Highbank
label

9. Coonawarra
14 km Length
X .5 km Width
50+ growers
Bordeaux
90 km Length
X 25 Width
26,000+ growers

10. Chineseinvestment
inBordeaux/
Chateaux’sbought

11. Chinese-backed firm buys Quixote Winery in Napa
Valley By Chris Mercer 25 July 2014
A company believed to be backed by Chinese investors has bought Quixote Winery in the sought-after Stags
Leap District of California's Napa Valley.
Image: Quixote Winery by Mariko,
and adapted under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
California-based Le Melange Vineyards & Winery has bought the 17-hectare Quixote estate in Napa
from 81-year-old Carl Doumani.While a fee has not been officially disclosed, the property has been up for sale for
the past two years and its asking price was close to $30m. The deal appears to offer more evidence of rising Chinese
interest in California. Le Melange is thought to be funded by Gold Tower Group in China's Jilin Province.
California's department of alcoholic beverage control named Le Melange's president as Bert Zhang. A sister
company, Jinta Vineyards and Winery, last year bought Hannah Nicole Vineyards and Winery in
California’s Contra Costa County.Aaron Pott, head winemaker at Quixote, told DecanterChina.com, 'I am
working with the new owners and I will continue to make the wine for Carl who has kept a small section of 0.8
hectares of vineyard on the property above the one he sold. 'I am interested in taking Quixote in a new direction and
looking forward to the new investment in the winery.'Quixote produces Petite Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon under
the Quixote label, from an 11-hectare vineyard lying between Stags' Leap Winery and Shafer Vineyards.

12. Hong Kong firm buys 650ha of Australian vineyards
By Chris Mercer 5 February 2015
Hong Kong's CK Life Sciences has added to its vineyard collection by acquiring three Australian vineyards owned by
wine producer McWilliam's for nearly A$16m.
Image: Vineyards at McWilliam
The Hong Kong firm, which already owns thousands of hectares of vines, said it has bought the Hanwood vineyard in
Griffith, New South Wales, as well as the Station and Kirkgate vineyards in South Australia.
It paid A$15.7m for 700ha of land, of which 650 is under vine. CK Life Sciences is a subsidiary of billionaire Li Ka-
‐shing’s Cheung Kong Holdings.
The deal is another example of Asia-‐based investors showing an interest in Australian vineyards and wine estates, and
it follows the agreement of a free trade deal between Australia and China.
McWilliam’s has agreed to rent the vineyards from CK Life Sciences for 15 years, with the option to renew for a further
five years.
The deal is similar to one that CK Life Sciences completed in New Zealand last year. It bought 596ha of vineyards
from Mud House Wines for around NZ$46m and then leased the land to Accolade Wines, owner of Hardys in
Australia.
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13. Abel’sTempest
AngelCove
Annie’sLane
Baileys
Be.
BellaVie
BeringerVineyards
BlackOpal
Bohemian
Highway
Campanile
Castello
DiGabbiano
CellarNo.8
ChateauSt.Jean
ColbyRed
ColdstreamHills
ColoresDelSol
Devil’sLair
DistantCousins
EmmaPearl
Etude
Everwild
EyeSpy
FatBird
FickleMistress
FifthLeg
GreatWestern
GregNorman
Estates
Heemskerk
Ingoldby
JamiesonsRun
KangarooRidge
Killawarra
LeoBuring
Lindeman’s
LittlePenguin
Lumina
Maglieri
MagnoliaGrove
Maisonde
GrandEsprit
Maker’sTable
Matawara
Matua
Meridian
Vineyards
Metala
Mildara
Morgan’sBay
NinePoints
Penfolds
Pepperjack
Robertson’sWell
RougeHomme
RosemountEstate
RothburyEstate
Saltram
SantaBarbara
SecretStone
Seppelt
Collection
Seaview
SbragiaFamily
Vineyards
ShinglePeak
Sledgehammer
Souverain
SquealingPig
StHuberts
St.Clement
Stags’Leap
Winery
StoneCellars
T’Gallant
TAZ
TheSkinnyVine
TierraSecreta
Tollana
Valleyof
theGiants
VinParfait
WolfBlass
Wynns
Coonawarra
Estate
YarraRidge
Yellowglen
UpsideDown
900Grapes
19Crimes
Treasury 93 Brands

14. Products from
Coonawarra
Bin 620 - $1000 (AUD) $750 (USD) – per bottle
Cabernet / Shiraz
(Australia / Coonawarra / Single Vineyards)
Grange - $600 (AUD) $450 (USD) – per bottle
Cabernet / Shiraz
(Australia / Coonawarra / Barossa / Padthaway / Wrattenbully
)
Bin 707 - $600 (AUD) $450 (USD) – per bottle
Cabernet
(Australia / Coonawarra / Barossa / Padthaway)
Bin 169 - $350 (AUD) $260 (USD) – per bottle
Cabernet
(Australia / Coonawarra)
Bin 128 - $30 (AUD) $22 (USD) – per bottle
Cabernet
(Australia / Coonawarra)

15. International
Appellation
System

16. Single Vineyard The Future

17. 1991 to 2016 Vintages
(Single Vineyards)
In USA until 2006
in California – Missouri – New York
Exchange rate (Brand relaunch 10 years
later)
The Highbank family vineyards are located
only on the highest banks of terra-rossa
soil, overlaying the cigar shaped limestone
ridge of Coonawarra.
‘Coonawarra’ Red Blend
65% Cabernet Sauvignon (6 clones)
30% Merlot (2 clones)
5% Cabernet Franc (1 clones)
Cabernet ‘Family Reserve’
100% Cabernet Sauvignon (2 clones)
Merlot
100% Merlot (2 clones)

18. Highbank SingleVineyard
Coonawarra RedBlend
Annual production 2000 to 1500 cases (12 X 750mL)

19. HighbankSingleVineyard
FamilyReserve
Annual production 350 to750 cases (6 X 750mL)

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Drive north up the highway from
Penola and keep your eyes peeled
left and eventually you will spot a
small homestead outside which lies
a rather incongruous signpost
pointing towards multifarious
destinations around the world. Napa
Valley: 13,270km. Bordeaux
17,045km.RiojaAlta17,545km.
Apart from instilling a sense of
complete isolation, the signpost is
there to signify that you are at
Highbank, one of Coonawarra’s
artisan wineries established by
Dennis and Bonnie Vice (as well as
a neat little cottage to rest your
weary head travelling between
AdelaideandMelbourne.)
This is a small operation in every
way: indeed my tasting of Dennis’s
wines took place in a little annexe
off hiskitchen. BorninCalifornia, he
holidayed in Coonawarra in 1985
and liked it so much that he
emigrated there and worked for the
National Association of Sustainable
Agriculture Australia (NASAA) for 12
years where he oversaw organic
field certifications….
Dennis explains: “We had the great
opportunity to attend several wine
and matching food seminars put on
by the great wine makers of

21. Exceptional
Quality

22. BookontheFuture
Winemakers
ofAustralia
Highbank
wastheonly
Coonawarra
Regional
WineReviewed

23. Oneof
Australia’sBest
wines
of outstanding
VALUE

24. Top100+RestaurantsinAustralia
STOCKISTS – DOMESTIC
• ABSYNTHE – SURFERS PARADISE
• ALPHUTTE – ADELAIDE
• AQUARIUM SEAFOOD – ASCOT
• ARIA – CIRCULAR QUAY
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• B Coz – Hawthorn
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• MILLIONCINO – CBD PERTH
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• MOO MOO WINE BAR + GRILL – BROADBEACH
• NECTAR – WEST END BRISBANE
• NEDLANDS GOLF CLUB – MELVISTA RESERVE
• NEXT DOOR – PERTH
• OCEAN ROOM – THE ROCKS
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• PEARL – RICHMOND
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• RADDISON PLAZA HOTEL – BILSONS – CBD SYDNEY
• ARRAS – WALSH BAY
• RESTAURANTE AMUSE- EAST PERTH
• RICHMOND SEAFOOD TAVERN – RICHMOND
• ROCKPOOL BAR AND GRILL – CROWN CASINO –
MELBOURNE
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• THE PALACE – CBD SYDNEY
• PRESS CLUB – CBD MELBOURNE
• THE ROYAL PRINCE EDWARD YACHT CLUB – POINT
PIPER
• SAILS BEACH CAFÉ – SUNSHINE COAST
• SEAN’S PANAROMA – BONDI BEACH

25. Education
UniversityGraduateStudentsinWineStudies

26. Hand PrunedVines
National Advanced Skills Lecturer in
Viticulture and Wine Studies for 18 years
State governments South Australia
(Roseworthy University) and Victoria
(Melbourne University)
Owners or managers of Vineyards / Wineries
Mature age students
600 graduates two year certificates to degrees
Wines are made in the
vineyard

27. Quality Control
Green Pruning to Control
grape bunch size and to
balance cope

28. Hand Pricking
The very best grape
bunches are selected

29. Cleanand GreenInsectMonitoringatHighbank
Chemicalfertilizer,herbicideandinsecticidefree

30. PremiumWinefromourCleanEnvironment
SouthAustralianStateAward

31. Customer
Indicators
of
Quality
Distributor
Customised

32. Lowcropyields/Drygrown
Irrigationonlyduringdrought
AgedinthefinestofFrench
oakbaroques (12 to18months)
Coonawarra
new/1yr/2yr oak
Closedfermentation
FamilyReserve
Allnewoak
Openfermenters
Minimalfiltering

33. Highbank-30 yearstory

34. Vineyard Accommodation

35. Morning Sunrise www.highbank.wine