Vintner
Select Portfolio: Australia & New Zealand
We share your uncommon passion for wine.
We source our portfolio from a bevy of extraordinary
producers who craft artisan quality wines. The majority
of our wineries from this part of the Southern Hemisphere
come to us through John Larchet of The Australian Premium
Wine Collection (now a part of John’s own World Wine
HeadQuarters). Irish born, raised and educated, John Larchet
wanted to share with the world his love of small
family-owned estate bottled producers he discovered during
years of living and working in Australia. He has now spent
nearly two decades traveling and tasting in Australia in
the elusive pursuit of quality and value. His search has
led to a portfolio of wineries that showcase their regions
and that consistently deliver the utmost pleasure for the
price including the jewel in the crown, Elderton
Estate from Barossa.
Larchet has now expanded his focus with his newly-named
enterprise, the World Wine HeadQuarters.
Starting in
New Zealand he has begun to import into the United States
inspired wines sourced from around the world that are a
strong expressions of place including Isabel Estate, one
of the last family-owned and managed properties in Marlborough.
"Larchet’s own palate and sensibility are at the heart of
The Collection, so it comes as no surprise that it bears his
aesthetic signature. White or red, cool climate or warm, the
Larchet wines I’ve encountered are graceful, with a fine balance
of pleasing, forward fruit; lively acid; and varietal integrity –
albeit with an Australian twist." - Stephen Meuse, The Boston Globe
Regarding Elderton Estate… "The jewel here is the 8 acre estate
vineyard planted in 1894 by Samuel Elderton Tolley (one of the
largest 100+ year old vineyards on the planet) that produces the
Command Shiraz, with the 66 year old Ashmead Cabernet Sauvignon
vineyard also giving exceptional fruit. Since 2003 they’ve had
their own winery and now produce around 40-50000 cases per year
with winemaker Richard Langford adeptly forging a range of
predominately red wines from the good value end right up to
the sought-after collectibles." - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate
From Australia, we also have the great fortune of representing
the fine wines of Mollydooker created by, as Robert Parker
has stated, "two of South Australia's finest winemakers," Sarah
and Sparky Marquis. These extraordinary, full-flavored wines
arrive each fall and quickly sell out.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
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