Wolf Blass
Wolf Blass Visitor Centre
Location97 Sturt Highway, Nuriootpa, South Australia, Australia
Coordinates34°26′24″S 139°01′59″E / 34.440°S 139.033°E / -34.440; 139.033
Wine regionBarossa Valley
Founded1966
First vintage1966
Key peopleFounder: Wolfgang Blass, A.M. Chief Winemaker: Chris Hatcher
Parent companyTreasury Wine Estates
Known forWolf Blass Black Label Cabernet Shiraz, Wolf Blass Medlands Vineyard Platinum Label Shiraz
VarietalsRiesling, Chardonnay, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon
TastingOpen 10am to 4:30pm daily. Closed Christmas Day.
WebsiteWolfblass.com

Wolf Blass is an Australian winery based in Nuriootpa, South Australia within the Barossa Valley wine region.[1]

Overview

It was established in 1966 by Wolfgang Blass (born 2 September 1934),[1][2] a German immigrant who arrived in Australia in 1961 with little money but with a diploma in winemaking. One of his first jobs was with Tolley, Scott and Tolley as a winemaker.[3] Wolf Blass Wines Ltd was purchased by Mildara in 1991, to form Mildara Blass, and was itself bought by Fosters Brewing six years later, which then acquired the Rothbury Group in 1998.[4][5]

Contentions by Blass include that "parasitic and idiotic funding systems for overseas promotion mean that overproduced wine from Australian irrigated fruit will hit rock bottom, facing competition from South Africa", and "Barossa should focus on what it does best: full-bodied Shiraz".[6] He has also stated that "No table wine over 15% [alcohol by volume] should ever get any medal, anywhere in the world, ever."[6]

Sponsorship and scholarships

Wolf Blass Sponsor AFL Women's.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 James Halliday (2004). Wine Companion. HarperCollins. p. 579.
  2. ↑ Barossa mag
  3. ↑ Ejbich, Konrad, Styleathome.com (). Wine & spirits: Colour-coded sipping
  4. ↑ winepros.com.au Winery profile: Wolf Blass
  5. ↑ winepros.com.au Mildara Blass
  6. 1 2 Woods, Catherine, Decanter.com (15 December 2008). Wolf Blass: Australia will hit rock bottom
  7. ↑ "Wolf Blass to sponsor AFL Women's League - Mumbrella". February 2017.
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