about us and our wines

Our vineyards are located on the far south coast of New South Wales close to the seaside town of Bermagui and the heritage working village of Cobargo.

Our winemaker is Roger Harris of Brindabella Hills in the Canberra District.

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Limited quantities only of 2010 Tempranillo and Verdelho. Please enquire.

For the 2010 vintage, verdelho, “Savarino” , and tempranillo were all picked on February 7^th. We are very fortunate to have been able to pick in spite of very extreme weather. While our volume was well below 2009, the quality is very good. “Savarino” and verdelho were bottled in mid July.  Tempranillo was  bottled in February and released in March.

The cool wet weather all down the coast had a significant impact on the 2011 vintage. We didn’t pick either verdelho or tempranillo due to downy mildew. However the savagnin, in an indication that it really does come from similar weather conditions in Galicia, held up reasonably well. We picked on February 19, and while quantities are low, we expect the best quality “Savarino” we’ve had to date.

The growing awareness and popularity of savagnin (then albarino) in Australia was featured in the EPICURE section of the Melbourne Age.

Rusty Fig albarino (now Savarino) received praise in a Sydney Morning Herald REVIEW of The River restaurant by Helen Greenwood in January 2008,and was featured at Bentley Restaurant and Bar in OLIVE - the BBC's trendy food magazine's review of top Sydney restaurants. It was also featured by Greg Duncan Powell in FULL BOTTLE in the Sydney Morning Herald, and in VOGUE Travel & Entertaining Oct/Nov 2009 issue as a wine of the future for Australia. It was also featured in the 2010 Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide.

Chris Shanahan heaped praise on Rusty Fig's 2008 verdelho and albarino (now Savarino) in TOP DROPS, Canberra Times, September 2008. 

Our wines are available in wine stores in Bermagui, Mogo, Canberra, and Sydney, and are on the wine list at a number of leading restaurants in Canberra and the South Coast, as well as several one and two – hat restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne.

To order the wines download the order form from the link below or contact us via email.

 

e. admin@rustyfigwines.com.au          p. 0418 720 908  or  0404 154 920

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Rusty Fig Wines proudly sponsor the Four Winds Festival