Woolstock 2012 is on 10 March 2012

To all our friends who always seem to find out too late about the biggest underground music event in the West, the date has finally been set. Wooly, who as the festival founder has no qualms in naming it after himself, has set the date for Woolstock 2012 to be Saturday 10th of March.

So, make a note in your cultural diary and start collecting your musical instruments, lyrics, poems, tents, musical pots and pans, and anything else you might need for a weekend of camping and jamming.

The venue was up in the air for a while, but nows its landed back on Rivers Road Organic Farms, right next to Margie and Wooly's house again.

If you want to perform with a time slot (as opposed to jamming with the rest of us later in the night), you should contact Wooly on margwool@bigpond.com

In conclusion, I am posting one interesting photo from last year. Wooly was unable to be there in body, but he was there in spirit, in the form of a "Wooly Scarecrow". This year we hope to have him in the flesh playing his classic rockabilly guitar.

Flickerfest 2012 is starting now and ends at Rosnay on 24 March!

Mark the date: Saturday 24 March is Flickerfest 2012 at Rosnay!

Its time to wrap your JAWS around some great bite sized chunks of cinema and a glass of great organic wine at FLICKERFEST 2012! Kicking off tonight at Bondi Beach, Sydney, it goes for 10 days then takes off on the annual national tour, culminating with the final screening under the stars at Rosnay! By the way, we have some spare tickets for both Sydney and the tour, so if you want to go as a Rosnay guest, call us!
This is the third year that Flickerfest's has screened at the Rosnay vineyard, projected onto the Pics in the Sticks outsdoor screen on the lawns in front of the Rosnay cellar door. Check out the tour trailer!

Birds of Rosnay

Bird photos taken in and around Rosnay by French bird watchers Jacky and Miyuki Galloy, December 2011-January 2012.

Organic Cocktail Madness

Our mate Jaxon Valentine from the Organic Cocktail Company  has been impressing us for years with his craft, and this is an unabashed copy and paste from his great website, http://organiccocktail.com

Organic Bella Bellini

90ml Rosnay Organic Sparkling Chardonnay

15ml OCC organic white peach liqueur

30ml organic apricot puree

15ml organic lemon juice

Garnish - fresh raspberries

Blue Cue Cobber

15ml Square One Organic Cucumber Vodka

90ml Rosnay sparkling chardonnay

15ml Pheonix organic pear juice

15ml organic lemon juice

6-8 bluberries

6-8 cucumber slices

Lemon twists

Garnish: Cucumber Spear/bluberries

Of course, we recommend Jaxon for corporate training and team building, organic liqueur tastings and bar consultancy. Thanks Jaxon!

Have you got the Gold Book?

Of course, we love this book. Not only because it includes Rosnay and a lot of our favourite wines, but because Rob Geddes has a true interest in the small producers in the far flung regions that the majority of wine writers seldom visit. Master of Wine, Rob has been out here as a guest of the Cowra Region Vineyard Association, as has Max Allen. I recommend this as a very handy Australian wine reference - you can get it in the hard copy or as an "epublication", from www.thegoldbook.com.au. Next year is the 30th anniversary edition of this truly collectable series that is going as strong as ever under Rob Geddes - well done Rob!

Out of interest, this is what Rob wrote about the Rosnay Triple Blend...

ROSNAY TRIPLE BLEND ★★★★
Cabernet, shiraz and merlot here have tart tangy fruit with a slight drying finish and although these wines have no cranberries in them, they offer the positive flavour and texture effects of drinking the juice with distinctive medium-weight tannins, high-ish acidity, bright fruit and classic astringent finish. Very consistent style.
2004 88 points, drink until 2014
2005 86 points, drink until 2014
2006 87 points, drink until 2016
2008 88 points, drink until 2018

Our new Sydney sales guys are tops

Craig Smalley, Oli Statham and Gary Crawford

Oli and Sam got to meet Craig Smalley and Gary Crawford from Australian Independent Wine Wholesalers at the Mind Body Spirit Festival, and its with great pleasure that we now introduce them to the Sydney wine trade as our new reps. Both come from the mainstream wine game with many years or trade service experience and we look forward to working with them. Craig (tel 0457 009 191) looks after north of the harbour, and Gary (tel 0418 870 550) looks after the south side. Oli is pursuing a diverse musical and environmental career but still helps out with Rosnay tastings and promotions.

Click on our Distributors page to see the full list of reps!

Thankyou Costa!!!

A huge thankyou goes out to Costa for giving so much time to come out to Canowindra last weekend. Here are a few pics!

 Launching the Canowindra Community Garden...

 Inspiring at the Union Bank...

Inspecting the Rosnay olives...

What more could you ask for from a mortal man?

Make your Christmas Extra Merry

We are offering our Facebook friends a special discount to help you celebrate Christmas 2011!

Simply use the promotional coupon code you will find on our Facebook "Friends Specials" page, and use it when checking out from our online store for an amazing 25% off our normal online prices! 

To go to our Facebook page and get the discount, click here!