arakoon wines
Our Philosophy
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Let there be no doubt, we believe strongly in the old saying; “the wine is made in the vineyard”. We try to maximize wine quality by interacting with ... -
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We aspire to make elegant, restrained and sophisticated wines that will complement food, as we believe that good wine should be drunk with good food (... -
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We try to produce wine styles which we ourself like to drink. Inspirational wine producers around the world include amongst others: Guigal, Graillot, ... -
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After tasting arakoon wines you may become surprised that some of our wines taste quite different from most other South Australian wines, big but stil... -
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We believe that experimentation is the key to achieving higher and higher levels of quality in the winery. It is easy to make a prediction of what hap... -
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What is wine style, what are our wine styles and how does this relate to the blends that we bottle? How does one define wine style? Wines differ from ... -
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During vintage we produce a large range of different wine batches that differ in grape variety, geographical origin and winemaking treatments. We even... -
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Like Frank Sinatra, we like things our way! From our current red wine product range we can group our wines into a big and a light or elegant group. Th... -
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A wine afficionado and journalist wrote back to me after seeing our homepage and asked in what way arakoon wines taste different from other South Aust... -
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Although we don’t own, nor manage any vineyards we still have a philosophy on viticulture!? Yes, as explained in the winemaking section, “the wine is ... -
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The influence of yield, or crop load, on wine quality is one topic that a lecturer at the Waite institute – Peter Dry – strongly argued against. Alth... -
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The vineyard manager can influence the way his vines are growing, and every vineyard and variety needs its own unique consideration. Two basic princip... -
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Hill of Grace is a famous vineyard located somewhere between the Barossa and the Adelaide Hills. The vines are old, small and cannot possibly yield a ... -
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Anyone who has set their teeth into an unripe or overripe banana or mangoe, or even a winegrape, will agree that ripeness is an important concept and ... -
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So what then is our philosophy? More than often, practical reality takes over. However, as our experience increases, we simply try to choose growers t... -
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The flavour of wine is a major part of what makes wine interesting. Now, what are glycosides and what do they have to do with wine flavour? This short... -
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Glycosides are small molecular weight compounds that have sugars attached to them. Grape berries, like many, if not all plants contain so-called secon... -
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When the grapes are crushed the glycosides will enter the water phase of the must (read wine!), and it is tempting to speculate that some of the aglyc... -
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In the making of wine, the must and resultant wine is essentially sparged with carbon dioxide for a considerable amount of time due to alcoholic and m... -
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Following the end of all kinds of fermentation, the wine will mature in wood, tank and bottle. During this process, hydrolysis will still continue in ... -
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Wine colour, particularly red, is one of wine’s most outstanding features and a strong cue to wine style. On the surface it is quite simple, red wines... -
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Red wine, blueberries and petunia flowers all contain anthocyanins, the most common red plant pigments of all. Anthocyanins belong to a group of secon... -
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Anthocyanins are almost always stored as glycosides (see glycoside section for further information) since the glycoside-lacking anthocyanidins are ver... -
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I hope I haven’t lost you already for here comes the interesting part. What are the main differences between red and white wine? Colour, and …? Tannin... -
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We often use the intensity and quality of colour as an indicator of wine style, even before we’ve tasted the wine! It usually holds true for wines at ...
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Arakoon Wines
Unit 7, 229 Main Road,
McLaren Vale SA 5171
Phone: 0434 338 180