Vintage 2020 has delivered wines of amazing quality. However, quantity is very limited. It was the lowest grape yield per hectare since we began making Kalleske wine in 2002. In his 60+ years working on our Kalleske farm, Dad (John)…
Create & Sip Art Experiences
Kalleske have been welcoming budding artists at cellar door over the past months! Create & Sip is a fun and social art class that combines creativity and wine… a perfect combination for a relaxing afternoon with your friends. No experience…
The Barossa Cellar
https://youtu.be/RMoOn6flXXI Being part of a ground breaking regional project such as the Barossa Cellar and the Barossa Cellar Vineyard is a humbling experience. The Barossa Cellar Vineyard brings together the Barossa’s most prestigious vineyards from some of the oldest and…
Kalleske Divergent Genre
Divergent… ‘Tending to be different or develop in different directions. Moving away from what is expected’ The Barossa Valley is well known for traditional varieties such as shiraz and grenache made in a traditional style. Troy Kalleske also forged his…
James Halliday features the Kalleske family in the Australian.
James Halliday recently featured Kalleske Wines in an article in the Weekend Australian including excellent reviews of our Johann Georg Shiraz, Eduard Shiraz and Moppa Shiraz. The Kalleske family story has many things in common with that of the Schild…
A little bit about Zinfandel…
Zinfandel or Primitivo is a very versatile grape variety that can produce wines of many different styles including more light to medium bodied, elegant style reds, sweet style rose’s and rich full-bodied reds. Zinfandel is a relative newcomer to Australia,…
What’s the difference between ‘Organic’ and ‘Certified Organic’?
What does Certified Organic mean? The term ‘Certified Organic’ means the farm, product or service, has been independently, third party verified by a certification agency as being organic. This means that every part of the supply chain has been through…
2019 Global Organic Masters
Kalleske received some fantastic results at the recent Global Organic Masters in the UK. All of the entered wines received a minimum of a Gold Medal with our Eduard Shiraz receiving one of only two Master Medals that were awarded…
Kalleske Wins Back-to-Back BEST SHIRAZ at Edinburgh Great Shiraz Challenge.
For the second year in row Kalleske has taken out top honours at the 2019 Edinburgh Great Shiraz Challenge! Last year our Eduard Shiraz took out the award but this year our Moppa Shiraz was awarded the Overall Shiraz Day Winner. Competing…
Why Shiraz? A Q&A with Troy Kalleske
Why Shiraz? “Shiraz is a versatile grape and it’s amazing how the same grape variety can give such different wines based on where it is grown, vine age, soil type, season, etc. I’ve worked with Shiraz all over Australia (Barossa,…