Torbreck Vintners has been purchased by a affiliation formed by winery architect David Powell and Peter Kight, freeholder of Quivira Vineyards & Winery.
Marananga, South Australia -- Torbreck Vintners has appear that an acceding has been accomplished by the affiliation of David Powell and Peter Kight to buy out Torbreck's antecedent shareholders. Powell is the architect of Torbreck Vintners and Kight is the freeholder of Quivira Vineyards & Winery in California's Dry Creek Valley.
Powell describes the affiliation as a "natural evolution" of their aggregate winemaking vision, ecology goals, and claimed friendship.
Pete and I are aggressive by the abstraction that a wine should allege of both terroir and tradition We are both perfectionists. This affiliation will accredit Torbreck to abide to actualize wines that command account on the apple stage. Pete and I are amorous about advancement the ambiance and ensuring that our backdrop are applicable for approaching generations. I attending at this as an befalling for us to coact with anniversary added on abounding levels. I accept abundant account for what Dave has complete in such a abbreviate timeframe at Torbreck Torbreck is an accustomed casting that has become accustomed as an figure of Barossa Valley winemaking. This new affiliation gives us the befalling to accredit Torbreck's acumen and acclaim to transcend Australia, just as I accept Quivira's Zinfandels and Rhône-varietal wines will one day transcend the Dry Creek Valley. Having two wineries activity in altered hemispheres offers agents associates of both companies the befalling to accretion admired acquaintance alive with two crushes per year The connected breeze of advice and apprenticeship is invaluable, and our stagiers and interns accept consistently been an important basic of Torbreck's access to furthering the wine tradition. "Pete and I are aggressive by the abstraction that a wine should allege of both terroir and tradition," Powell says. "We are both perfectionists. This affiliation will accredit Torbreck to abide to actualize wines that command account on the apple stage." Referring to Torbreck's advancing ecology efforts, he adds, "Pete and I are amorous about advancement the ambiance and ensuring that our backdrop are applicable for approaching generations. I attending at this as an befalling for us to coact with anniversary added on abounding levels."
Peter Kight and David Powell met several years ago during a Torbreck tasting in Atlanta, GA. At that time Kight (the architect of CheckFree) was absorbed in accepting a winery acreage in California and Powell after audacious him on the acquirement of Quivira. Powell aswell recommended Steven Canter to serve as winemaker at Quivira. Canter had ahead formed four vintages at Torbreck and his access to viticulture and enology was a absolute fit for Kight's goals for Quivira.
"I accept abundant account for what Dave has complete in such a abbreviate timeframe at Torbreck," says Kight. "Torbreck is an accustomed casting that has become accustomed as an figure of Barossa Valley winemaking. This new affiliation gives us the befalling to accredit Torbreck's acumen and acclaim to transcend Australia, just as I accept Quivira's Zinfandels and Rhône-varietal wines will one day transcend the Dry Creek Valley."
Despite the bounded ambit amid the two wineries, philosophically they are actual abundant alike. Both wineries are agilely committed to aspersing their eco-footprint and maximizing the above of the wine they produce. Quivira has adapted to a Biodynamic® growing dieting accumulation not alone grapes, but aswell vegetables and bake-apple developed on the acreage accurately for bounded restaurants. Quivira is abating the brook active through the acreage to ensure that apricot and trout are annually able to acknowledgment to spawn.
At Torbreck, the new winery has been advised to absorb environmentally aloof architecture abstracts and the facility's agriculture appearance alone bounded flora. Both accessories advance their own composting and baptize affirmation processing and neither uses pesticides or poisons in their farming. The 55kW solar electric arrangement that has supplied Quivira's activity needs back 2005 will be evaluated for accession at Torbreck.
Quivira and Torbreck will abide to be run alone as stand-alone entities, although advice and ability will breeze advisedly amid the two operations.
"Having two wineries activity in altered hemispheres offers agents associates of both companies the befalling to accretion admired acquaintance alive with two crushes per year," says Kight.
Powell agrees. "The connected breeze of advice and apprenticeship is invaluable, and our stagiers and interns accept consistently been an important basic of Torbreck's access to furthering the wine tradition."
Torbreck Vintners embodies Dave Powell's adulation of the archetypal Barossa Valley grape varieties of Shiraz, Grenache and Mataro, and his affection for the wines of France's Rhône Valley. Since the aboriginal 1990s the winery has accustomed a acceptability as one of the leaders of the Australian artisanal wine movement. Relying on arch acreage sources of old backcountry fruit, Torbreck's ambition is to aftermath wine that is both abundant Australian wine and a world-class wine establishing benchmarks for the assorted varieties. Torbreck wines are broadcast internationally. www.torbreck.com
Quivira Vineyards and Winery is an artisan winery in the affection of Sonoma's Dry Creek Valley. Its vineyards accept been Demeter certified Biodynamic® and amoebic back 2005. Quivira is focused on bearing the finest expressions of Zinfandel and Rhône varietals from its different estate, composed of four audible vineyards aural the Dry Creek Valley AVA with over 90 acreage beneath vine. Quivira is guided by a able acceptance in the accent of acreage management, which alternating with Biodynamic conduct includes a deeply-held assumption of accurate administration of the acreage and its creatures. Since 1988, Quivira has been actively affianced in abating Wine Creek, the Coho apricot and Steelhead trout breeding beck that apprehension through the centermost of the estate. www.quivirawine.com.
For added advice or to align interviews with David Powell and/or Peter Kight, acquaintance
Dan Fredman
Dan Fredman PR
323.899 9463 tel.
dan @ danfredman.com
For advice on Quivira Vineyards & Winery, amuse contact:
Laura Shear
Folsom & Associates
415-978-9909 tel.
laura @ folsomandassociates.com
No comments:
Post a Comment