Woodside Valley Estate Explained

Winery Name:Woodside Valley Estate
Location Place:Cnr Brash and Abbeys Farm Roads
Location City:
Yallingup WA 6282
Location Country:Australia
Coordinates:-33.7183°N 115.0489°W
Key People:Jacky Wong, principal
Parent Company:Palinda Wines, Hong Kong
Signature Wine:Baudin Cabernet Sauvignon
Varietal1:Cabernet Sauvignon
Varietal2:Chardonnay
Varietal3:Merlot
Varietal6:Shiraz
Homepage:Woodside Valley Estate
Tasting:Cellar door at:
Western Range Wines
1995 Chittering Road
Lower Chittering WA 6084,
Australia

Woodside Valley Estate is a premium Australian wine business originally focused on a vineyard near Yallingup, in the Margaret River wine region of Western Australia. Since 2012, the business and the vineyard have been separately owned.

History

Established in 1998, Woodside Valley Estate was developed by a small syndicate of investors led by Peter Woods. In a departure from accepted local viticultural practices, the founders, working under the inspiration of the French explorer Nicolas Baudin, planted the Estate's vineyard on slopes facing south instead of north. Baudin's major scientific expedition to Australia of 1800 to 1803, aboard the corvettes Géographe and Naturaliste, had been conducted on the assumption, contrary to established tradition, that the best passage for sailing ships between Cape Leeuwin and Bass Strait was from west to east.

Just as Baudin's assumption proved to be well founded, so too was Woodside Valley Estate, which, by 2009, was producing wines of a quality described by leading Australian wine writer James Halliday as "impeccable".

In 2012, the Woodside Valley Estate label and wine stocks were acquired by Hong Kong-based Palinda Wines, the private family company of Chinese businessman Jacky Wong, who has significant interests in beverage distribution throughout Hong Kong and mainland China. The vineyards were not included in the deal.[1] [2] Woodside Valley Estate has no winery; prior to the 2012 change of ownership, the wines were made under contract by Kevin McKay at Forester Estate.[2]

Woodside Valley Foundation

The Nicholas Baudin Award,[3] awarded each year since 2002 at the Antipodean Film Festival is supported by the Woodside Valley Foundation.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Jordan. Ray. China buys WA wine labels. 26 March 2014. The West Australian. 4 May 2012.
  2. News: Hooke. Huon. Huon Hooke. China boosts production. 26 March 2014. The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 May 2012.
  3. Web site: All the Awards from Festival des Antipodes . Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma des Antipodes . 26 May 2022.