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The seventh annual G'Day USA program, with 20 events across 5 cities will be held from January 9 - 21 in 2010. G'Day USA is a celebration of things Australian and taps into the depth of the relationship between our 2 countries, bringing together key influencers in government, business and the arts, strengthening and deepening the bonds between Australia and the USA.

Shingleback is thrilled to have been invited to be a part of the 2010 event program, and will be showcasing wines for events in Palm Springs, San Diego and Los Angeles, with the Shingleback Black Bubbles Sparkling Shiraz to be served with dessert at the Black Tie Dinner on January 16th in LA.

For more information please visit www australia-week.com

Photo of John Davey presenting a bottle of Shingleback Black Bubbles to Rachel Ward, writer & director of "Beautiful Kate" at the LA Film Night, courtesy of Barbara Green.

 In the recently released edition of the Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2010 by Nick Stock, the current release of Shingleback Cabernet Sauvignon, 2006, is listed as one of the Best Value Cabernets of the year. Nick describes this section as being "a selection of wines that reach into high-quality territory, yet still maintain a price-point below the $25.00 mark..."

To see the full tasting note and Nick's 91 point score, please go to Our Wines/ Shingleback/Cabernet Sauvignon

Whilst in Canada in September, John filmed two interviews with our distributor in Ontario - The Lifford Wine Agency.

To view the interviews please click here 

The medal results for the 2009 Mundus Vini Great International Wine Awards (Germany) have been announced.

Following on from their success in the 2007 & 2008 competitions, when Shingleback was named “Overseas Producer of the Year”, the hard work of Shingleback’s winemakers John Davey & Dan Hills has been recognized again with their current release, the 2006 Shingleback Shiraz, being awarded a Grand Gold medal at this year’s competition.

Gold medals were awarded to the 2006 Shingleback D Block Cabernet Sauvignon (giving it a total of 6 Gold medals), and the not-yet-released 2007 Shingleback Shiraz and the 2007 Shingleback Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2008 Shingleback Chardonnay had to be content with a Silver medal.

The Mundus Vini competition is the largest officially recognised international wine award under the patronage of the OIV (Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin). The 2009 competition judged 5726 entries from 44 countries.

August always signals the eagerly awaited release of the latest edition of James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion. Having scored 5 black stars in 2008 & 2009 we had our fingers crossed, hoping to make it three 5 star years in a row and reaching the red star level.

We weren't disappointed! 5 Red Stars for the winery and great scores across the board. Top scoring for us with 95 is the 2006 The Gate Shiraz (but you'll have to wait for the release of that one) and we were particularly happy with the 93 given to the '06 Shingleback Shiraz and the 90 points given to our "quaffer" - the 2007 Red Knot McLaren Vale Shiraz.

Points can be found on the relevant pages in "Our Wines" or the Award section.