I'm so excited to be bringing you the new releases - the 2023 Palisander Pinot Noir and Palisander Riesling are now available on the website as is the 2024 Riesling...
A Recap of the Last Few Months
Where has the year gone? As usual, this time of year never fails to disappoint in the busy-ness stakes, so after a couple of months...
Australian Financial Review: Tasting the wines of mainlanders in Tasmania
2024 Stargazer Riesling [Coal River Valley] Samantha Connew produces a wide range of wines under the Stargazer label, all of which are good, but I’m...
Good Weekend: ‘A lot of pain’ The hangover looming from Australia’s budget-wine boom
Luke Slattery reveals in today’s cover story, Australian producers had spent almost two decades cranking up their exports of budget bottled and cask wine, resulting...
An Update from the Palisander Vineyard
With the growing season well and truly upon us, Guy, our winegrower and farm manager, has been flat out getting up to speed at Palisander...
Learning and leading through wine show judging
It’s hard to believe that it's been almost 25 years since I started judging. My first experience was at the McLaren Vale Wine Show back...
Join me for East End Cellars Norwood wine dinner
I love an excuse to get back to Adelaide, and I can’t wait to bring a taste of the Coal River Valley to Norwood in...
BREAKING NEWS! Stargazer Tasting Room coming 2025!
It’s been a slow burn as we’ve ticked through some other projects first, but I’m thrilled that (fingers crossed) we’ll be starting work on a...
An Update from the Sky
As you can probably tell from the time lag since my last missive, things have been a little bit busy here at Stargazer HQ. I...
They're Back! New Releases Now Available Online
I'm so excited to be bringing you the new releases - the 2023 Palisander Pinot Noir and Palisander Riesling are now available on the website...