Winery news

2005 News

Mundoonen Top Ten Riesling

Mundoonen Gold Medal and Trophy winning 2002 Riesling was named as one of the Top Ten Rieslings in Australia at the Hyatt National Riesling Challenge award ceremony on Friday night. Mundoonen is one of the Canberra District's newest small wineries and has made its mark in the company of established wine industry leaders.

The wine had previously won a gold medal and trophy at the Canberra Regional Wine Show in 2004 but the national Riesling award was very special. The Mundoonen Riesling was the first Canberra wine to win a gold medal at the National Riesling Challenge. It was also awarded the Chief Minister's Trophy for the Best Canberra District Wine in show.

Winemaker Terry O'Donnell said, "It is a great honour for a small winemaker to be named as a producer of a national Top Ten wine. I have no doubt that the Canberra District will continue to grow and produce Rieslings of great quality and the district will take its place as a producer of world class Rieslings".

2004 events

Gold Medal Riesling

Mundoonen 2002 Riesling was awarded the Riesling Trophy and a Gold Medal at the 2004 Canberra Regional Wine Show and was described by the judges as an "excellent example of a gently maturing style".

When shown earlier at Cowra it was outpointed only by a pair of McWilliams Reserve Eden Valley and Clare Rieslings and a pair of Eden Valley and Clare Reserve Rieslings from Penfolds. The class was described as "a very even class of well made Rieslings which included cellaring Rieslings from highly regarded wineries in Coonawarra, the Yarra Valley, Western Victoria and Western Australia.