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2008 Reviews

30th December 2008 - Lackey Shiraz makes Grape Guy's Smart Buy list

Two reds from Australia also make my Smart Buys picks, including the Kilikanoon ‘The Lackey’ Shiraz ($17.95 - #0005199) with its peppery, chocolate and blackberry smoothness.  More >

23rd December 2008 - Ralph Kyte Powell The Age- Mort's Reserve

Another fine review of our 2007 Mort's Reserve- from The Age- Epicure section  More >

23rd December 2008 - Rick Allen on Kilikanoon

A wide ranging review, focussing on what great value Kilikanoon wines are!  More >

13th December 2008 - Max Crus on Mort's Reserve

South Australian wine writer Max Crus takes a look at Mort's Reserve in his weekly column Grape Expectations.  More >

11th December 2008 - Kilikanoon on Snooth Blind Taste Test

Megawine site Snooth gets 7 wine experts together for a big blind tasting of Aussie Shiraz. 2 of the Killermans run range are in the line-up.  More >

10th December 2008 - All that sparkles is not champagne

The Brisbane News takes a look at some bubblys outside of the wallet busting 'Champagne' appelation. Kilikanoon's contribution is a french/aussie hybrid presenting a new world take on the prudent frenchmans best kept secret. The Vouvray appelation in the Touraine has been producing champagne quality sparkling whites and impressing dinner guests for years.  More >

9th December 2008 - 2009 Sydney International Wine Competition

More great results for Kilikanoon at the 2009 Sydney International Wine Competition THREE wines in the TOP 100 FIVE wines awarded BLUE-GOLD  More >

9th December 2008 - Great Australian Shiraz Challenge

Kilikanoon's consistency rewarded once again with no less than 5 out of the top 50  More >

4th November 2008 - Weinberg's Wine Notes Tasting Jury select Killlermans Run

Recently, the Weinberg's Wine Notes Tasting Jury held a fall convocation. The goal was to pick reasonably priced, widely available wines to match with the moods and foods of the penultimate season of 2008.  More >

19th September 2008 - wine spectator kilikanoon reviews

Here are the latest Kilikanoon reviews from Wine Sepctator.  More >

4th September 2008 - some Kilikanoon reviews from Cork'd

Cork’d is a free service for reviewing, sharing and discovering wine.  More >

2nd September 2008 - SA Wine of the Year

Youth Wows Judges… KILIKANOON WINES 2008 Morts Reserve Watervale Riesling outshone over 900 entries to be awarded the judges choice as Wine of the Year at South Australia’s most prestigious wine event, the Hyatt Advertiser SA Wine of the Year Awards on Friday night.  More >

23rd August 2008 - James Halliday 2009

Another 5 red stars for Kilikannoon from James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion- the Australian wine bible! 12 wines at 90 points or above...  More >

17th July 2008 - Stephen Tanzer (Josh Raynolds) reviews

Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar is one of the US most important wine reviewers. Here they review a range of mainly 2005 Kilikanoon reds.  More >

14th July 2008 - Gourmet Top 100 picks Duke Grenache

Nice to see our Reserve Grenache- the Duke, being picked as one of Gourmet Wines Top 100. Always hard to get a straight Grenache taken seriously and this is a serious wine!  More >

13th July 2008 - more press on IWC Trophy wine

Article in the Northern Argus celebrating Kilikanoon and Tim Adams triumphs- Clare Valley Rules OK?!  More >

9th July 2008 - Oracle Best Shiraz again!

Kilikanoon is proud to announce the 2005 Oracle Shiraz has won the trophy for Best Shiraz (worldwide) at the world’s biggest wine competition, the International Wine Challenge  More >

9th July 2008 - The Danes understand Semillon!

A nice review from a leading Danish publication praising Kilikanoon Barrel-fermented Semillon. Clare Valley does this varietal very well!  More >

9th July 2008 - Double Gold at San Francisco

It's obviously a golden age on the Kilikanoon Golden hillside, with Double Golds for the Duke Grenache and Medley GSM at the 2008 San Francisco International competition  More >

26th May 2008 - More Oracle and Covenant Gold

This time the Concours Mondial du vin in Brussels with gold for both the 2005 Covenant and Oracle...  More >

25th May 2008 - IWC Gold for Oracle

Oracle continues its gold medal winning ways at the 2008 International Wine Challenge..with silver for Covenant  More >

29th April 2008 - Medley review from UK

Simon Woods from Wine and Spirit loves Medley- see it's not just Robert Parker (who called the last Medley "liquid Viagra")!  More >

29th April 2008 - Another great Medley review from Decanter

Decanter's Wines of the Month selection no less for the 2005 Kilikanoon Medley.  More >

29th April 2008 - Kilikanoon in Qantas First Class Lounge!

Qantas First Class Lounge at Sydney Airport has to be experienced to be believed and they certainly have good taste in wine.. Kilikanoon Block's Rd and Oracle...  More >

28th April 2008 - oracle and Killerman's Run from Travel and Living

Windsor Dobbins reviews  More >

28th April 2008 - Vouvray finds another friend

Otto (http://www.otto.net.au/) is one of Sydney's finest restaurants-sommelier Patrick White obviously knows his stuff! This is from Gourmet Traveller April/May 2008  More >

28th April 2008 - Another UK Prodigal Grenache lover

From Country Life by Amelia Pinsent - Review is called the Grenache Renaissance Down Under...  More >

15th April 2008 - Korea articles

For those who can read Korean here are a selection of reviews/stories about Kilikanoon following a recent visit. Hope to get them translated!  More >

8th March 2008 - Prodigal Rave Review

One of the UK's most influential wine writers Matthew Jukes is one of the growing band of Kilikanoon Prodigal Grenache supporters. Made from the same vineyards, the same aged vines and with all the same treatment (except new oak) as its more famous sibling Oracle Shiraz, the Prodigal remains one of Kevin Mitchell's personal favourites...  More >

1st March 2008 - Jancis Robinson Mort's Block

One of the world's most influential wine writers agrees with the recent Clare Valley Show, where the 2002 Mort's Block (entered for a bit of a laugh) scooped the pool with three trophies including Best Wine of Show...also her review of 2006 Mort's Reserve  More >


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