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INTRODUCTION
Yerong Creek Estate, located just 90 kilometres north of Albury on the Olympic Highway and nestled in the blue-green splendour of the lush Yerong Creek Valley, beckons visitors from near and far.
Our wines will meet the discerning taste of the serious wine buff as well as satisfying the casual tippler.
Rob and Julie Yates run the vineyard in conjunction with their successful sheep and wheat property. The vineyard employs local residents to hand pick and prune the vines.
Tastings and sales every day from 9am to 5pm. Bus groups are most welcome and full BBQ and picnic facilities are available in a unique rural setting. By prior arrangement, gourmet packed lunches from the Quinty Cake and Bakehouse are also available for groups to have at the vineyard.
Visit their website www.qbakehouse.com under Catering for lunch suggestions. So come for the drive and enjoy some fantastic country hospitality and great wines.
HISTORY
The emergence of Yerong Creek Estate as a popular locally owned and operated winery producing an impressive range of boutique wines is a success story founded on Australian spirit and determination.
It is indeed a story of a family pulling together to fight back in the face of adversity to recover from the forces of Mother Nature and then forge ahead with their passion to produce wines and build a successful business.
Yerong Creek Estate’s first vines were planted in August 1996. Tragically, the vineyard suffered a setback on 21 December 1997, when a bushfire devastated the vineyard destroying 90 per cent of the vines, drip watering system and wooden posts.
With the help of family and friends a new drip watering system was quickly erected to water the vines and start again.
The vines have been tenderly trained, pruned and harvested. In February 2000 the first small harvest of a half ton of Chardonnay and one ton of Shiraz was harvested by hand at perfection. These grapes were from the vines that survived the devastation of fire. With Paul Robey from Walla Walla as winemaker, the family assisted in the winemaking process of the first vintage, down to bottling and labelling, to signal a milestone for Yerong Creek Estate.
YERONG CREEK ESTATE WINEMAKING
In 2001 Cofield Wines at Wahgunyah was employed as Yerong Creek Estate’s contract winemaker. This has led to expanding our range of boutique wines
Our latest success has been the Spirit of Yerong Fortified Wine.
It was named Best Fortified Wine at the 2005 Winewise Small Vignerons Awards and was awarded a silver medal at the 2005 Cowra Wine Show.
Yerong Creek Estates uses their own Shiraz and Chardonnay grown in the vineyard to produce white and red wines. They have experimented with their Chardonnay to produce a range of styles. Yerong Creek Estate’s Shiraz vintages are big, full of colour and have lovely ripe raspberry flavours.Their wines are made to be enjoyed – they are attractive when young, but will certainly reward careful cellaring. Enjoy!
Our wines are also available at the Hume-Murray Food Bowl Farmers' Market (see Magical Markets).
ONLINE SHOPPING
You can now take advantage of our online shopping store by activating the Shopping button in the right hand corner of this page. You can shop at your leisure and we will have the wine to you in no time.
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