CHRISTMAS 2009

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APRIL 2010

High praise for Tim Adams Wines in Penguin 2010 Guide

Several of our wines have been reviewed very favourably by Nick Stock in The Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2010: Tim Adams 2009 Riesling (5 stars), Tim Adams 2007 Semillon (4 stars) and Tim Adams 2006 Reserve Tempranillo (4 stars).

The 2009 Riesling was elevated into the Best-of-the-Best classification, while it and the 2007 Semillon were both included in the listing of best-value wines under $25. READ COMMENTS


OCTOBER 2009

Tim Adams 2008 Riesling named Great Value Champion White at 2009 International Wine Challenge. MORE


OCTOBER 2008

Top 10 rating for 08 Riesling

Tim Adams 2008 Riesling has starred at the 2008 Canberra International Riesling Challenge by winning a gold medal and a coveted place in the list of Top 10 Australian Rieslings. For more information on the Challenge, please visit www.rieslingchallenge.com


MARCH 2008

Sky high

Qantas has listed The Aberfeldy in first and business class. DETAILS


OCTOBER 2007

Tim Adams nets six in Taste Food & Wine 2008

In compiling Taste Food & Wine 2008, Matthew Jukes and Tyson Stelzer made their selection of the best 365 wines from Australia and New Zealand. Six of those selections were from the Tim Adams stable — 2006 Semillon, 2007 Pinot Gris, 2007 Riesling (not yet released), 2005 Shiraz, 2005 The Aberfeldy Shiraz and 2005 The Fergus. CLICK HERE to read their comments.


SEPTEMBER 2007

Tim Adams The Fergus takes out best-value-red award at 2007 International Wine Challenge

It was a mighty proud night for Tim Adams and Pam Goldsack on September 12 when they attended the International Wine Challenge dinner in London's Grosvenor Hotel to be presented with two trophies for their 2004 The Fergus.

Tim and Pam are pictured above receiving the Trophy for Best Clare Valley Red from Derek Smedley, one of the competition's Chairmen of Judges. In the other picture, Tim receives the Best Value Red Wine Award* from two other Chairmen of Judges, Charles Metcalfe (left) and Tim Aitkin.

The 2007 International Wine Challenge attracted 9358 entries and is the world’s largest wine competition.

“It’s an achievement I’m very proud of,” said Tim Adams. “There were only 260 gold medals — that’s less than 3 per cent of entries — awarded by a judging line-up that included more than 40 MWs. Even making that standard is quite something.”

*The award was open to all red wines available in the UK and priced between 5 and 10 pounds sterling.


APRIL 2007

Tim Adams 2002 Cabernet stars at Cape Mentelle tasting

For 25 years, Margaret River's Cape Mentelle winery has held an annual tasting featuring the world's best cabernets. This year, our 2002 Cabernet was one of the stars, gaining ranking in the top bracket alongside wines such as Cape Mentelle's own 02 Cabernet Sauvignon and Chateau Margaux 02. That's company we're happy to keep. CLICK HERE, the Gourmet Traveller WINE'S report.


APRIL 2007

Tim Adams 2004 Semillon is world's top white in Oz Clarke's latest book

Tim Adams 2004 Semillon has gained equal first placing in Oz Clarke's Top 20 selection for 2007. CLICK HERE to see what one of the United Kingdom's most experienced and respected critics had to say about the wine in his Wine Buying Guide 2007.


FEBRUARY 2007

Accolades flow for new Reserve range

Tim Adams Wines recently released its inaugural trio of Reserve wines — 2006 Reserve Riesling, 2005 Reserve Tempranillo and 2004 Reserve Merlot — and media response has been encouraging to say the least. Jeremy Oliver has included the Reserve Tempranillo among just a handful of Australian "new-style" reds to achieve world-class, while Ralph Kyte-Powell and Campbell Mattinson have made the Reserve Riesling their Wines of the Week.

For further information on the Reserve range, CLICK HERE

For further information on the writers' response, CLICK HERE


OCTOBER 2006

Tim Adams Wines wins 2006 Hyatt International Riesling Challenge

Tim Adams 2006 Riesling has taken out two trophies at the 2006 Hyatt International Riesling Challenge, which was held in Canberra from October 11-14 — the Australian Capital Tourism Award for Best Current Vintage Riesling and the Hyatt Hotel Canberra and Qantas Airlines Award for Best Riesling, which goes to the overall Challenge winner and carries a prize of two return air tickets to Germany. MORE DETAILS


SEPTEMBER 2006

Jukes selects Tim Adams quartet in world top 250

Leading UK wine critic Matthew Jukes has selected four of our wines — 2006 Riesling, 2006 Pinot Gris, 2004 The Fergus and 2004 Shiraz — as among the world's 250 best in his latest reference book, The Wines List 2007

READ HIS COMMENTS


SEPTEMBER 2006

Jeremy Oliver reviews the Tim Adams range

The following is an extract from Jeremy Oliver’s The Australian Wine Annual 2007. Jeremy is one of Australia’s most respected writers and we certainly recommend a visit to his website (www.jeremyoliver.com.au).

"This edition welcomes the lively and varietally correct Pinot Gris, and basically offers the same message as virtually every edition of this book: that the wines from Tim Adams are among the best and most affordable of their kind." SEE FULL COMMENTS


JULY 2006

The Ladera Vineyard in winter

Our viticulturist, Mick Plumridge, has again shown his resourcefulness, taking some delightful shots of our new Ladera Vineyard using his mobile phone. Shucks Mick, we thought that sort of technology was beyond you! CLICK HERE to see enlarged versions of Mick's pics.


MAY 2006

The Fergus wins gold at International Wine Challenge

Our 2004 The Fergus has been awarded a gold medal at London's 2006 International Wine Challenge, one of the world's most prestigious wine competitions. It has also been included, along with our 2005 Pinot Gris, in UK critic Matthew Jukes' "hotlist" of best Australian wines. FULL STORY


MAY 2006

Decanter includes The Fergus among the world's 50 Best-Value Reds

The May 2006 edition of UK-based Decanter, one of the world's most respected wine publications, includes a selection of the world's 50 Best-Value Reds.

Among them is Tim Adams The Fergus, along with the following comment from Matthew Jukes: "Surely this is one of the most underrated wines in Australia. Grenache is still regarded as a second-class citizen (to


OCTOBER 2005

Tim Adams is probably Australia’s most consistently excellent winemaker

Renowned British winewriter Oz Clarke has included four wines from Tim Adams in his upcoming Oz Clarke's Wine Buying Guide 2006, including two wines in his Top 20 Best Buys overall and one as his top-rated best buy in the £7-10 category. FULL STORY



from James Halliday | September 2005

James Halliday has rated Tim Adams Wines at 4.5 stars in his latest publication, Australian Wine Companion 2006. This rating signifies "An excellent producer of very high quality wines". MORE INFORMATION


Team Wino smashes its own fund-raising record | August 2005

Team Wino, which includes Tim Adams, has broken the Variety SA's fund-raising record by notching up $172,000 in the lead-up to the 2005 Vodaphone SA Variety Bash. MORE INFORMATION


"Rieslings of finesse and steely backbone" | August 2005

"Adams is a perfectionist who makes his wines in a style of which his mentor and first employer, Mick Knappstein of Stanley Leasingham, would approve," writes Huon Hooke. MORE INFORMATION


Langton's adds The Aberfeldy to its classification | August 2005

Langton's, one of Australia's leading wine auction houses, has included Tim Adams The Aberfeldy Shiraz in its 2005 Classification of Australian Wine, which lists "101 of the Best Collectable Drops". MORE INFORMATION


Tim & Pam's Ikonic Adventure | July 2005

Tim and Pam have invested in Ikonic, a luxury 6-8 berth houseboat, based at Berri on Australia's mighty Murray River. For more information, please visit www.ikonic.com.au

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