Ballandean Estate Wines continues to tantalise palates with an all-new visitor offering, Taste Ballandean, from 1 April.
Taste Ballandean will showcase the rich tapestry of tradition, winemaking, terroir, and storytelling at Queensland’s oldest family-owned and -operated winery.
This is the Granite Belt’s first elevated tasting room experience.
It is a chance to discover the history, winemaking, people, and passion of Ballandean Estate, with visitors broadening their wine horizons with new varietals and museum wines.
Fourth-generation vigneron and estate manager Robyn Puglisi-Henderson said she has seen increased interest in people tasting their limited release wines from cellar door visitors and wine club members.
“Our elevated tastings will be intimate and interactive, so you can ask all the questions you’ve always wanted to know about wine,” Robyn said.
She said that Taste Ballandean is being hosted by wine educators – Ballandean Estate’s most experienced cellar door staff and family members.
“Autumn is the perfect time for visitors to experience Taste Ballandean,” she said.
“Your wine adventure begins with an intimate tasting in our Cellar Tasting Room – it’s a seated premium tasting of six limited release wines paired meticulously with seasonal, creative small bites.
“Sample award-winning Strange Birds™, such as Saperavi, Fiano, Malvasia – or our limited edition 50th Anniversary Opera Block Shiraz.”
Robyn said the team will be complementing the tasting with decadent individual tasting platters.
“Think house-made delicacies, Granite Belt cheeses and local produce,” she said.
Robyn said that her family has been making wine on the Granite Belt estate since 1932.
“There is no better way to experience the real Ballandean Estate than with an immersive, interactive elevated tasting,” she said.
“Make sure you add Taste Ballandean on your must-do list during a visit to the Granite Belt.”
The tasting sessions will be held for one hour from Thursday to Monday between 10.30am and 2.30pm, and will cost $30 per person.
Bookings are essential (minimum of two people and a maximum of 12 people per session), and available at ballandeanestate.rezdy.com/487403/taste-ballandean-an-elevated-tasting-experience
