Our favourite quote from 2004 film Sideways is about the magic of Pinot Noir...

Maya: "Can I ask you a personal question, Miles?"

Miles Raymond: "Sure."

Maya: "Why are you so in to Pinot? I mean, it's like a thing with you."

Miles Raymond: "I don't know, I don't know....

White Rock received the only 5 stars for riesling in Winestate Magazine's Tasmanian wine tasting this month!

We have just launched a new White Rock Vineyard blog. Filled with beautiful recipes using our wines, from Pinot Gris risotto to steak with Pinot Noir sauce, there will be a recipe to suit every taste bud! Visit our blog here.

This article first appeared in the Sunday Examiner

By ALEX DRUCE  June 21, 2014

PHIL Dolan doubted himself every day for five years.

Dornfelder vines had never been grown before in Australia - let alone North-West Tasmania - and few backed his 2008 crop to produce anythin...

We’ve been asked by a few people lately how we ensure our wines are bursting with flavour and quality each year. There’s a reason that craft beers, home cooked food and boutique wines taste better than mass-produced food and beverages.

The biggest difference for our wi...

This article first appeared in James Halliday Australian Wine Companion.

Australia’s first dornfelder wine has won a gold medal and trophy at the International Cool Climate Wine Show in Victoria.
 

Tasmanian vineyard, White Rock, released the country’s first dornfelder,...

This article first appeared in The Advocate Newspaper

A NEW wine has put Tasmania on the map again.

A first vintage Dornfelder wine from White Rock Vineyard, in Kimberley, has won a gold medal and trophy at the International Cool Climate Wine Show in Victoria.

It is made...

The 2014 statewide harvest was about 60% down on last year but luckily our tonnage was average. That is probably because flowering was so late that the bad weather had finished before our flowering started. It is a bit cooler here than the Tamar Valley and the south an...

We have harvested the first of our grapes for 2014, with the Chardonnay coming off first! The crop is going to be turned into sparkling wine, which will be exported to Europe.

We had a good crop this year - it wasn't too heavy so it's top quality and totalled 4.5...

2014 is a very exciting year at White Rock Vineyard because we will be introducing the very first Dornfelder wine to the Tasmanian AND the Australian market! 

The pulp of the German Dornfelder grape is red so it gives the wine a really beautiful colour, but it does...