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April 2010

2008 6000 Cypress Post Shiraz Rosé - review from Wine will Eat Itself - Blog

Granite Belt 13.0%
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Cypress Hill are a small producer from the cool climate Granite Belt in Queensland who specialise in Shiraz but also have plantings of Viognier & Marsanne, not to mention oak and hazelnut trees inoculated with black truffle spores. As a confessed truffle addict I'm hoping for the best outcome there.

They've come at their 2008 Rosé from an interesting angle. 48 hours of cold maceration prior to fermentation and aged on lees with 2 months of oak. All of this leads to an unusual style with plenty of interest, starting with the colour.

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Dec 2009

WINESTATE Annual - Cypress Post " Best of State" Listing

We have to share the news with you-our subscribers- Cypress Post 6000 Syrah 2006 has made it to Winestate Magazine’s Best of State: The Annual Issue 2009/2010.

Winestate states that “all the best wines previously judged throughout 2009 will be featured. It is worth remembering that only a small number of wine producers are awarded a rating during the year with more than 50% of the wines submitted not progressing through the rigorous judging process”.

Winestate is Australia and New Zealand’s leading specialist wine rating magazine which assesses over 12,000 wines annually.

Cypress Post 6000 Syrah 2006

Winestate Magazine awarded our 6000 Syrah four stars ****

We also think this wine is great drinking now, as there has been no barrel aging, it drinks very fresh.

In case you have not purchased any we are offering this wine and the current Cypress Post releases freight free in six pack lots or more anywhere in south-east Queensland until the end of January.

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Oct 2008
from Dr Mike Olsen

Hi everyone.
It was great to see so many of you at the recent wine launch at Restaurant II. For those of you who didn't get there to sample our wines and the marvelous cuisine prepared by David Pugh, Cypress Post have the same range of wines on tasting at the Good Food and Wine Show at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from Friday 7th November to Sunday 9th November.

We are sharing a stand with Barambah Wines on the Queensland Wine stand next to the Riedel Tasting theatre.
There will also be a Masterclass with Cypress Post wines and the products of Bunnyconnellen Olives - "Bush Vines on a Cypress Post with Bunnyconnellen Olives" at 4.00 pm on Saturday 8th November.
I look forward to seeing you there.

www.goodfoodshow.com.au

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5th-6th May 07
James Halliday - Weekend Australian Magazine

Source: Indulgence Section/ Wine/ James Halliday/ From the Region

Jim Barnes is one of the busiest consultant-contract winemakers in Queensland. The other is Peter Scudamore-Smith, who works at Warrego Wines with Kevin Watson. There is no question the work of Barnes and Scudamore-Smith has been responsible for much improvement in Queensland wine quality, without taking anything away from those who have done it on their own.

Cypress Post is another Scudamore-Smith client, the property in the Land for Wildlife Program, owned by Michael Olsen( a consultant botanist) and his wife Catherine, with a two-generation botanical and conservation background.

It's 6000 Syrah from 2006 (87 points,$18) are both attractive.

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Grape geography
Brisbane Courier Mail - 4Sep06

WHEN wine writer and vigneron James Halliday published his Wine Atlas of Australia in 1998, the Queensland segment was covered in 1-2 pages.

Eight years on, the state merits a whole chapter, 15 pages long, with sub-sections on everything from Brisbane and the Scenic Rim, to the Gold Coast and its hinterland .
"There has been an enormous increase in the number of wineries and in the parts of Queensland where wine is being grown," says Halliday, who mentions the Darling Downs as the next logical spot where vines may be grown on a significant scale.

He singles out the Granite Belt as "the best region in Queensland" pronouncing it capable of "producing wines of international standard".

The South Burnett, he says, can do the same, but only "in some vintages by some growers".

But Halliday questions whether the high levels of growth in Queensland can be maintained until 2010, and even whether the present levels of activity can continue to be sustained.

He says lifestyle and tourism may be the key to survival for many of our operators.

"Lots of wineries in Queensland have a strong tourist bent and feature all sorts of attractions for mums and dads. But there are still not too many wineries focusing purely on wine production," Halliday says.

If we want further recognition for our wine it's important we continue the struggle and not get too sidetracked, he says.

"It's been a long hard battle for Queensland but they are securing more medals in national wine shows and that's always a good thing because it provides an objective yardstick against competitors from all states."

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