July 2008 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2009 Edition   Rated as an outstanding winery producing wines of exemplary quality and typicity. Will have at least two wines rated 94 points or above and have had a five star rating for the previous two years. “This enormously successful privately owned winemaking business produces wines of true regional expression with fruit sourced from the central and southern parts of Margaret River. It’s hard to imagine the wines getting better, but we shall see.” Rating 95 points – Outstanding Suckfizzle Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2005 A very complex wine, maturing with unusual grace; barrel fermentation and maturation has not subdued the intense fruit; power with finesse; long finish. Suckfizzle Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 Complex, medium bodied, blackcurrant cassis fruit, fine ripe tannins and cedary oak all seamlessly joined on the fluid and long palate Stella Bella Margaret River Cabernet Merlot 2005 An aromatic bouquet of red fruits, then a palate bursting with flavour, led by cassis/redcurrant, followed  by perfectly balanced tannins and sure French oak Rating 94 points Outstanding Stella Bella Margaret River Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2007 A complex bouquet and palate, suggesting barrel ferment components which however don’t impinge on the line and flow of the fruit through to the finish Stella Bella Margaret River Chardonnay 2006 A brilliantly clean, precise and fresh chardonnay showing just how much can be achieved with early picking; the oak has been absorbed in Chablis style. Highly recommended 90 to 93 points Stella Bella Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc 2007 Stella Bella Margaret River Sangiovese Cabernet 2006 Stella Bella Margaret River Shiraz 2006 Stella Bella Margaret River Tempranillo 2006 Skuttlebutt Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2007 July 2008 2006 Skuttlebutt Red - Silver Medal at the 2008 11th Japan Wine Challenge full details available at Japan Wine Challenge June 2008 2005 Stella Bella Cabernet Merlot - Gold Medal at the 2008 Decanter World Wine Awards. Full results can be found at www.decanter.com. 2007 Stella Bella Semillon Sauvignon Blanc - Silver Medal at the 2008 International Wine Challenge (IWC) which claims to be "the world’s largest blind wine tasting", held in London every year has just announced its medal results (find them online at www.internationalwinechallenge.com). November 2007 2004 Stella Bella Cabernet Merlot Trophy Winner Class 10 Bordeaux Blends at The Tri Nations Wine Challenge for full details about the event go to Tri Naitons Wine Challenge October 2007 2005 Stella Bella Cabernet Merlot & 2005 Stella Bella Chardonnay - both receive Gold Medals at the 31st Annual Qantas Wine Show held in Mount Barker. Beginning in 1978 as part of the Mount Barker Agricultural Show, the Wine Show of Western Australia has grown to become a separate and distinguished event which annually determines the best of Western Australian wines. From only six classes in 1978, the show now includes over 40 classes and 19 trophies including the prestigious Qantas Award for Best Wine of Show. Full Details can be found at Qantas Wine Show June 2007 On Thursday 6th June the Starlight Children's Foundation of Western Australia is holding its annual fundraising dinner at the Sheraton Hotel in Perth. As part of the 5 chefs dinner guests will be able to enjoy Stella Bella Tempranillo 2005 matched with Rabbit and blueberry sausage, braised red cabbage and parsley puree. Stella Bella Wines have also  provided a special collection of Suckfizzle for the silent auction being held at the dinner.In 2006 John Cleese, the actor and comedian of Monty Python fame visited Perth. Many people had often spoken of the Monty Pythonesque nature of the Suckfizzle label and as a result Stella Bella Wines Managing Director, John Britton was on a mission to get the wines signed by Mr Cleese. John Cleese agreed to sign a limited number of the 2004 vintage Suckfizzle Cabernet Sauvignon for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. In addition to the signed bottle, Stella Bella Wines have added from our museum stock a bottle of each of the preceding vintages. A special collection of 1999 to 2004 vintage including a bottle signed by John Cleese will be auctioned at Starlight Children's Foundation Dinners around the nation in the following 12 months. Visit www.starlight.org.au for more information. June 2007 Results have just been received for the 2007 Decanter World Wine Awards. Full results can be found at www.decanter.com. According to the event organisers, competition this year was stiff with 7,642 wines entered. Stella Bella Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2006 was awarded a Silver Medal. May 2007 The 2007 International Wine Challenge (IWC) which claims to be "the world’s largest blind wine tasting", held in London every year has just announced its medal results (find them online at www.internationalwinechallenge.com). 9,358 wines were judged from 35 different countries, by 400 judges. The judges were of 19 different nationalities and included 33 Masters of Wine. Stella Bella Wines are delighted to announce that our 2005 Shiraz won a Silver medal, the highest award for a Shiraz from Western Australia. April 2007 Stella Bella Wines is participating in the West Australian Wine and Food Festival being held at the Perth Conference & Exhibition Centre on July 6-8 2007. Come along to the 3 day event for an opportunity to taste our wines. January 2007 Stella Bella Wines played host to 5 Scots, 3 French, 2 Poles and an Argentinean during the third Stella Bella Scholarship. All 12 Scholars live and work within the UK wine business coming from Central London in the South up to St Andrews in Scotland. The Stella Bella scholarship aims to share what makes the Margaret River Wine region a very special and unique place to be and provide the scholars with an understanding and appreciation of Stella Bella Wines and the contribution the Margaret River region has on our ability to create interesting & unique wines. In the words of this years scholars their experience was awesome! November 2006 Stella Bella Wines were included twice in James Halliday’s TOP 100 Wines. Published in the Weekend Australian on 11-12th November James Halliday provides his Top 100 wines of the year broken down in to categories such as Red, White, Sparkling, Rose etc. Stella Bella Wines are delighted that the both of our fresh whites, namely the Stella Bella Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2006 and Stella Bella Sauvignon Blanc 2006 made the top 100. You can read what James Halliday wrote about these wines on their respective wine pages. October 2006 Stella Bella Wines are pleased to announce the appointment of new distributors to the Japanese Market. Mottox received the first shipment of Skuttlebutt Red and White this month and shall be selling the wines across Japan. More information regarding Mottox can be found via www.mottox.co.jp. If you are unable to read Japanese please feel free to contact Stella Bella Wines if you have a question about accessing our wines in Japan. September 2006 Stella Bella Wines is delighted to welcome two new staff members to the ever-growing Stella Bella Wines team. Travis Lineaker joins us as Viticulturalist and Lisa Sedevic has joined the administration team. This follows the appointment of Renee Stammers as Distribution Manager in 2005 & Ben Ellison in the vineyard earlier this year. August 2006 James Halliday’s hotly awaited “Australian Wine Companion 2007 Edition” classes Stella Bella Wines amongst the Best of the Best by Variety six times, leading the way for the Margaret River Wine region. No less than eight wines received the top rating scoring 94-100. A feat equalled only by Winery of the Year. [more] July 2006 Stella Bella Wines shall be once again participating in the Margaret River Regional Wine Festival. The festival takes place from November 16-19th within the Margaret River Wine region. Arrange your visit now for Saturday November 18th where our range of wines will once again be available for tasting at the Fusion event in Cowaramup. Visit www.mrwinefest.org.au for more details. December 2005 Stella Bella Shiraz 2004. Stella Bella Wines is delighted to announce that our 2004 Shiraz won the Best Shiraz of the 2005 Margaret River Wine Show from a large field of 72 other shirazes from within the Margaret River appellation. Although the 2004, is yet to be released, the 2003 Shiraz is still available November 2005 Stella Bella Cabernet Merlot 2003 Rated 95 points. James Halliday recently rated the yet to be released 03 Cabernet Merlot 95 points in the annual Australian newspaper in Halliday's Top 101 wines of the year. October 2005 Stella Bella Cabernet Merlot 2002 Rated 90 points. Gourmet Traveller Wine awarded the current vintage 2002 Cabernet Merlot 90 points as part of its 100 Top New Releases. July 2005 Bella Bar expands at Edinburgh Book Festival. After taking part in the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2004, Stella Bella Wines will once again be available at the "Beetroot Blue Cafe Bars" situated around the festival grounds in the centre of this great Scottish city . Go to www.edbookfest.co.uk for more information on the event which is being held on the 13th to 29th of August 2005. July 2005 Stella Bella Wines to take part in Margaret River Wine Festival. Arrange your visit now for Saturday November 19th where our range of wines will once again be available for tasting at the Fusion event in Cowaramup. July 2005 Max Allen recommends Stella Bella Tempranillo 2003 as the Top drop Red of the Month in Australian Gourmet Traveller: Go to the Stella Bella Tempranillo page for the full review. April 2005 Jancis Robinson recommends Skuttlebutt: Jancis Robinson recommends a refreshing white to drink now [more] April 2005 Stella Bella Chardonnay in THE AGE: Ralph Kyte-Powell reviews Stella Bella Chardonnay 2003 in his wines of the week feature [more] April 2005 Stella Bella in the UK's No 1 Food Magazine: Chris Orr reviews Stella Bella Sangiovese Cabernet. February 2005 Tempranillo shines: Our 2003 Tempranillo was the only Australian wine to receive a gold medal at the recent inaugural “International Itinerant Wine Competition for Tempranillos of the World" [more] February 2005 Stella Bella in Australian Top 22 whites: Our Suckfizzle Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2003 and our Stella Bella Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2004 were recently chosen in the top 22 of Australian white blends by Wine Gourmet Traveller [more]

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