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There are four wines in this inaugural Penfolds California collection – two which are made purely from Californian fruit and two which are a blend of Australian and Californian wines. It’s fair to say that Peter Gago has a pretty thick skin – thicker than a Shiraz berry at veraison – but what would you expect from an Aussie grafted onto Geordie rootstock? Here’s a man who’s only the fourth person to hold the post of chief winemaker for Penfolds since the first vine was planted by Dr Christopher Penfold in 1844, and when he took the post 19 years ago he said he wasn’t going to ch...

Penfolds' Peter Gago Talks Blending California and Australia The veteran chief winemaker discusses the new California wine project and what the Aussie icon hopes to accomplish in similar global projects Peter Gago believes the new Penfolds California wines combine Aussie know-how with California terroir. (Courtesy Penfolds) By Feb 22, 2021 The most famous Down Under winery has gone Up Above. Austral...

The Drinks Business 16 February 2021 By James Lawrence Having been in the pipeline for years, Australian wine brand Penfolds has launched a quartet of California wines primarily based on fruit grown in Paso Robles, Napa and Sonoma. Penfolds’ new California wine collection is primarily based on fruit grown in Paso Robles, Napa and Sonoma As reported in Wine Spectator, the iconic wine estate began exploring the potential of Californian terroir in the 1980s – Penfolds acquired a stake in Geyser Peak winery in 1988. Its owners subsequently sold the share, although the com...

Decades in the making, new bottlings include a Napa Valley Cabernet and a Cabernet-Shiraz blend Peter Gago in Beringer's Bancroft Ranch Vineyard in Napa; Penfolds was able to tap prime vines belonging to sister wineries. (Courtesy of Penfolds) By Feb 15, 2021 Australia's Penfolds is perhaps best known for its iconic Grange bottling, but the iconic winery doesn't stand still. Unde...