A Central Victorian Wine Christmas

We love living where we do, surrounded by great farmers, great producers, and great winemakers. We are proud to stock many of them in our cellar at Blake Family Grocers and at this time of the year, we are full to the brim with great local wines ready to get us through the festive season. We might start the meal with some great seafood complemented with a glass of cool-climate chardonnay from our mates down the road at Passing Clouds at Musk. The Blue Label has notes of stone fruit and almonds and has enough sweetness to match the best lobster or scallops. We might open a chilled bottle of sparkling shiraz from Barfold Estate with its plummy and peppery notes and soft, bubbly texture a perfect foil for the charcuterie, perhaps the turkey. And then, as the day progresses, we’ll open the Sutton Grange Syrah and pour this beautiful wine with the porchetta  - its notes of blue fruits, black currants, violets and dark chocolate and spice perfect for the rich flavours of the free-range pork.

Consider putting some Central Victorian Wine on the menu this Christmas.