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Maverick Wines Opens the Maverick Wines Cellar Club

August 2008

Visit the Cellar Club!

Following the international success of Maverick's single vineyard single varietal wines, Maverick Wines Pty Ltd. is pleased to advise that in future all releases of new vintages of these wines will be offered initially exclusively to Maverick Wine Cellar Club Members in Australia. This will give our friends and supporters in Australia the unique possibility to secure stocks of these highly sought after items, and for us to repay our Members' loyalty and support. The exclusivity will be for a limited period only, so please do not hesitate to place your order now! We will repeat such offers as new single vineyard wines are ready for our consumers, and will generally update our Members through this page of on-going developments so that you can all share with us the Maverick experience!

James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion 2009 nominates Maverick Wines as a 5 star winery and one of the Best 10 new wineries in Australia

30th July 2008

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Gourmet Traveller WINE gives 92 points to Maverick Twins Shiraz 2006

April 2008

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Maverick Twins GSM 2006 voted "Top Aussie Red" by Good Living/Huon Hooke

April 2008

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Maverick recognised as one of the top new Shiraz makers by Good Living/Huon Hooke

April 2008

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Huon Hooke/Gourmet Traveller Wine give Maverick 2007 Trial Hill Riesling 92 points

February/March 2008

Australia's Gourmet Traveller WINE Magazine chooses Maverick Trial Hill Shiraz 2005

December 2007/January 2008

Australia's Gourmet Traveller WINE Magazine includes Maverick Trial Hill Shiraz 2005 as one of their Top Eleven 5 star newly released Australian reds.
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Jane MacQuitty and The Times choose Maverick Trial Hill Riesling

November 2007

Jane MacQuitty and The Times choose Maverick Trial Hill Riesling as one of their 25 Best Wines under GBP12.
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Yutaka Ozaki, Sommelier at Salt, chooses Maverick Shiraz as his recommendation for the fall

November 2007

In his interview in the "The Japan Times", "Yutaka Ozaki, sommelier at Salt, holds his recommendation for fall, a bottle of Maverick Shiraz 2005, which he describes as having "great finesse and perfect balance that dances on your palette."
- From The Japan Times

James Halliday review of Maverick in "The Weekend Australian" gives Maverick Shiraz 96 points

October 2007

In his review in the "The Weekend Australian" on Maverick Wines entitled "Always Room for Quality", James Halliday gave the 2005 Maverick Trial Hill Eden Valley Shiraz 96 points, and described the quality of the Maverick wines as "exemplary".
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Maverick Trial Hill Riesling nominated as "Best New World Wine" by Decanter Magazine

October 2007

"Spurrier's Choice" in the November 2007 Decanter Magazine (the self-styled "World's Best Wine Magazine") nominated the Maverick Trial Hill Riesling as the "Best New World Wine"
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Robert Parker recognises Maverick wines in "The Wine Advocate"

October 2007

Maverick Trial Hill Eden Valley Shiraz 2005 was given 91 points, and drinkability through 2022! The Maverick Trial Hill Eden Valley Riesling 2006 received 90 points, the Maverick Trial Hill Eden Valley Chardonnay 2006 89 points, the Maverick Greenock Rise Barossa Valley GSM 2006 89 points, and the Maverick Twins GSM 2006 88 points.

Maverick Trial Hill Riesling ranked among the Top 100 Australian Wines

October 2007

Gourmet Traveller Wine (Australia's top wine magazine) ranked the Maverick Trial Hill Eden Valley Riesling among the 100 Top New Release Wines - it was one of 13 Australian White Wines to which 5-stars were awarded.
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Anthony Rose in "The Independent Magazine" named the 2006 Maverick Trial Hill Eden Valley Riesling as his choice of wine over £ 10

October 2007

Anthony Rose selected 3 wines for the weekend - one "Under a Fiver", one "Under a Tenner" and for his "Splash Out" wine over £ 10 selected the Maverick Trial Hill Eden Valley Riesling as
the perfect match for Sashimi, grilled salmon or tuna carpaccio.
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Maverick launched in the UK

July 2007

Maverick launched in the UK. We are delighted to advise that Lea & Sandeman, one of the top importers of premium wine to the UK, has just introduced the entire Maverick range to their customers in top outlets in London/UK.

Maverick Trial Hill Shiraz 2005 came in the top 20

July 2007

Maverick Trial Hill Shiraz 2005 came in the top 20 (out of 270 wines entered) of The Ed Great Shiraz Challenge.

Maverick Wines listed at Ritz Carlton and Hotel Okura

July 2007

Maverick wines listed at the prestigious Ritz Carlton Tokyo and Hotel Okura Tokyo.

Maverick Trial Hill Riesling 2006 selected by Wineart

June 2007

Maverick Trial Hill Riesling 2006 selected by Wineart (Japan's leading wine magazine) as the best example of Riesling from Australia.
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Andrew Caillard MW gave Maverick Wines excellent scores

June 2007

Andrew Caillard MW (author of the Langtons Wine Guide) gave excellent scores to the entire Maverick range, including 93 points for the Maverick Trial Hill Shiraz 2005 and 93 points for the Maverick Trial Hill Rielsing 2006.

Maverick Winery plays host for a Biodynamic Viticulture Seminar organised with the Biodynamic Association of Australia

May 2007

Some 35 leading vignerons and winemakers from the top premium wineries across South Australia came to this two-day seminar, which included first-hand demonstration of the substainable viticultural techniques and equipment used by Maverick Wines.