The Otways in a Glass!
Awards

Our first commercial harvest was in 2001 and since then the Rieslings, the Shiraz and the Cabernets have enjoyed considerable show success.

The Semillon / Sauvignon and Bambra Sparkling are very popular at Cellar Door and both sell out each year. However they are not made in sufficient quantities to be eligible to enter Regional Wine Shows.

Riesling (dry style)

2004 Bronze Medal Victorian Wine Show
2005 Silver Medal Geelong Wine Show 2005
  Silver Medal Federation Square 2006
  Judges Award Federation Square 2006
  People’s Choice Award Federation Square 2006
  93/100 James Halliday Wine Companion 2006
2006 Bronze Medal Geelong Wine Show 2006
  Bronze Medal Southern Victorian Wine Show 2008
2007 No Wine produced due to drought 
2008 Silver Medal Geelong wine Show 2009
  Silver Medal Federation Square 2009
  Bronze Medal International Riesling Challenge 2009
  Bronze Medal Australian Small Vigneron's Awards 2009
  Bronze Medal  Southern Victorian Wine Show 2009
  Bronze Medal  Murphy’s Geelong Ranging 2011
  Bronze Medal  Geelong Wine Show 2012
  91/100 James Halliday Wine Companion 2010
2009 Bronze Medal  International Cool Climate Wine Show 2011
  Bronze Medal  Geelong Wine Show 2012
  91/100 James Halliday 2011 Wine Companion
2010 People’s Choice Award Federation Square 2010
  Bronze Medal Murphy’s Geelong Ranging 2011
  90/100 James Halliday 2011 Wine Companion
2012 Bronze Medal Federation Square 2011
  Bronze Medal Southern Victorian Wine Show 2012
  Bronze Medal Geelong Wine Show 2012
  91/100 James Halliday 2013

Early Harvest Riesling

First Commercial Vintage was in 2008 

2008 Bronze Medal Victorian Wine Show 2008
  Bronze Medal Federation Square 2009
  94/100 James Halliday Wine Companion 2010
2009 Bronze Medal Geelong Wine Show 2009 
  90/100 James Halliday 2011 Wine Companion
2010 Silver Medal Murphy’s Geelong Ranging 2011
92/100 James Halliday 2012
2011 Bronze Medal Federation Square 2011
  87/100 James Halliday 2013
2013 Gold Medal Southern Victorian Wine Show 2012
  Silver Medal Geelong Wine Show 2012
  Bronze Medal International Riesling Challenge 2012

Shiraz

2004 Bronze Medal Victorian Wine Show 2006
  Bronze Medal Geelong Wine Show 2006
2005 Bronze Medal Boutique Wines of Australia 2008
2006 Bronze Medal Southern Victorian Wine Show 2008
  Bronze Medal Southern Victorian Wine Show 2009
  Bronze Medal Federation Square 2009
  94/100 James Halliday Wine Companion 2010
2007 No wine produced due to drought
2008 Bronze Medal Federation Square 2010
  87/100 James Halliday 2011 Wine Companion
2009 Gold Medal Murphy’s Geelong Ranging 2011
  89/100 James Halliday 2012
2010 Silver Medal Federation Square 2011
  Bronze Medal Geelong Wine Show 2012
 
92/100 James Halliday 2013

Cabernets

2001 Bronze Medal Geelong Wine Show 2005
2003 Silver Medal Southern Victorian Wine Show 2005
  Bronze Medal Geelong Wine Show 2003
2004 89/100 James Halliday Wine Companion 2008
2006 87/100 James Halliday Wine Companion 2010
 
Reviews

Current entry in Australian Wine Companion 2010

Local media coverage of Five Star rating

Review in the China Daily

Local media coverage of People's Choice Award

Dinny Goonan Shiraz 2009 judged the ‘definite winner’ in Murphy's Geelong Ranging 2011
 
Early Harvest Riesling garners praise from James Halliday.
James Halliday, writing in the Weekend Australian, has written enthusiastically about the Dinny Goonan 2008 Early Harvest Riesling, awarding it 94 points out of 100 (that’s a Gold medal score).

James noted that the wine caught him by surprise and added “you can’t argue about the wine with its sunburst of gloriously juicy sweet lime fruit on the palate, perfectly balanced and corralled by the vibrant acidity on the finish.”

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