Our vineyard is just north of Tingha (near Armidale) on the spine of the Great Dividing Range in northern NSW. We are on the western edge of the New England Tablelands at an altitude of 900m above sea level. The vines have their roots deeply immersed in the beautiful, deep, red volcanic soils high above the valleys of the MacIntyre & Gwydir Rivers.
We think that the name “Topper’s Mountain” came from brothers E & W Topper who were employees of George Wyndham in the 1850s. At this time George owned “New Valley Station” which included the present day “Topper’s Mountain”.
“Topper’s Mountain” is owned by Mark & Stephanie Kirkby & their daughters & Mark has developed the vineyard from its birth in 1999. The vineyard is a total of 10Ha of which 1.1Ha was planted in spring 2000 & the balance planted in spring 2002.
the view from Toppers Mountain
| Under water on the Mountain! |
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The rain tumbles down in November! It started on Wednesday morning & hasn’t really stopped since. We’re up to 158mm so far with no respite in sight until later tomorrow. Unfortunately we’re right in the middle of flowering, so this isn’t good! Flowering is when botrytis has its first chance to infiltrate what will become [...]
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| Tony Love’s Top 100 Aussie Wines |
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Tannat’s home is the Basque-influenced regions of France near the Pyrénées. The wine is notable for its very high tannin levels and in this area is often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet franc and Fer to soften the astringency and make it more approachable. (Extract from Wikipedia) Have a look at http://www.vinodiversity.com/tannat.html for more info. [...]
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| Topper’s Mountain No.1 @ 2011 New England Wine Show |
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It was Topper’s Mountain Wines which stole the show at the New England’s night of nights on Friday when it took out 4 of the top trophies including the coveted Champion Winery of Show at the 2011 New England Wine Show. Renowned wine critic Huon Hooke chaired the panel of judges at a show that [...]
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| Alternate varieties lead the way in New England |
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I’m guessing, but I’ll bet it’s not happened often that a winery wins the Champion Winery of Show on the Australian wine show circuit with a team consisting entirely of alternate variety wines! Well, Topper’s Mountain Wines managed this at the 2011 New England Wine Show in Glen Innes last week. Huon Hooke was Chair [...]
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| Budburst away @ Topper’s Mountain |
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Well, the green bit of Vintage 2012 has begun – budburst is underway! This means we’re in FROST RISK territory. I used not to be too worried about this – until Oct 16th last year when we got hammered by a massive frost which wiped out 75% of our vintage. Now I worry! Henry is [...]
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Topper’s Mountain Wines,
5km Guyra Road, Tingha,
New England, NSW 2369
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