May 12 , 2020 Great news this week for our South Australian customers is that regional tourism is not only allowed but encouraged! For those of you needing an escape, we are re-opening our campground and glamping for our favourite time of the year - Winter!
Coonawarra is famous for red wines, in particular Cabernet. We are also famous for our giant red gums. Does it get any better than a campfire roast and a glass of Cabernet. Imagine your friends or family reconnecting with conversation around a campfire, under the stars. To truly appreciate stars, you need to escape light pollution, so the four hour drive from Adelaide will do just that. We have included our suggested Spotify play list for your Coonawarra road trip - Play it HERE....enjoy!
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This week we team up with the Redmans - great friends of ours and we love their wines. They are celebrating 50 years of making Coonawarra Cabernet under the Redman label, not to mention their history prior with Rouge Homme and the fact they have been making wine for four generations.
When I started Bellwether I made my first red wines in the Redman winery. This coincided with Dan returning home. We would laugh watching the way Bruce & Mal could work together without needing to speak, years of working out who does what and when, like telepathy. They are all very kind to me with favours and work hard to earn that ‘knock off drink’ and share a laugh.
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| This week we team up with the Redmans - great friends of ours and we love their wines. They are celebrating 50 years of making Coonawarra Cabernet under the Redman label, not to mention their history prior with Rouge Homme and the fact they have been making wine for four generations.
When I started Bellwether I made my first red wines in the Redman winery. This coincided with Dan returning home. We would laugh watching the way Bruce & Mal could work together without needing to speak, years of working out who does what and when, like telepathy. They are all very kind to me with favours and work hard to earn that ‘knock off drink’ and share a laugh.
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| | 2010 The Redman Cabernet blend 2010 Bellwether Cabernet
2015 Redman Cabernet 2015 Bellwether Cabernet
2019 Redman Rosé 2018 Bellwether Rosato |
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This coming weekend would normally be the Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival, special to us as our first public openings were pop up or sneak peaks. 8 years ago we had our first exhibition with Sally Blake. Then 7 years ago our first music event with Kelly Menhennett and Kristy & Jason Wallace. Hard to believe what we have done since then with events over the years. Though CoVid-19 has cancelled the festival, to support the artists we are going to do a ‘virtual community’ version of our events. |
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Thursday 14th May - 7:30pm SA time (on our Bellwether Facebook Page) we will host an opening of Tracey Murphy’s exhibition live from her house in the ACT. Tracey will show us how she ‘makes her mark’ with her paint brushes made from nature, blending her own paint colours, recycling and weaving materials into her artwork to tell stories. She has worked all year to produce an exhibition to suit the surrounds of our shearing shed, we are disappointed not to have it hanging in our space, so didn’t want you to miss out.
Tracey has generously donated one piece for auction, so we are throwing in a case of wine and glamping voucher to the package - you will bid on line in the comments of her live feed, highest bid achieved by Sunday night 5pm will be successful. All proceeds will go to Limestone Coast Domestic Violence Service, a really important cause, even more so in times of increased emotional and financial stress. So dig deep. Tracey’s exhibition will be for sale on line from Thursday nights, so please share amongst friends so we can help her sell out. Check out her Instagram page HERE. |
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| Dave Garnham and The Wallaces |
| Live music is back!! Dave Garnham is joining us this week from Darwin, the last musician to play in the flesh at Bellwether before CoVid-19 hit.
Christy and Jason Wallace from Mount Gambier will also play at some stage over the weekend so watch this space. | |
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| to the winner of last week's glamping voucher (Sally from Croydon in NSW). We look forward to welcoming Sally to glamp at Bellwether soon.
This week we will again be putting a free glamping Voucher (Valued at $200) in one of the dozens (see the special below) - so buy some wine, your chances are very good! | |
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