This is your forum to ask our winemaking team those curly questions you may have about the world of wine. Send them through to granddaughter Hayley (hpurbrick@tahbilk.com.au) who will then ‘Ask A Winemaker’. The answers are published in each Tahbilk Wine Club Newsletter and also presented and archived here.

  • Ask A Winemaker - April/May 2012

    Mar 23 2012 12:57 AM

    Judy at Tahbilk's Cellar Door asks, "Tahbilk has a lot of Sparkling wines available, what makes them different to each other?"

    There are actually four ways to produce a Sparkling Wine … more

  • Ask A Winemaker - February/March 2012

    Feb 6 2012 2:39 AM

    The secret to Food and Wine Matching

    Alister Purbrick – chief winemaker and Tahbilk CEO – shares his thoughts on the matching of food and wine.

    Every day we are struck with the age old … more

  • Ask A Winemaker - December 2011/January 2012

    Nov 21 2011 1:55 AM

    In lieu of a question from one of our Wine Club Members, Kait Carracher, who is new to our Cellar Door team, asked our winemaking team . . . . . “What is the difference between how the … more

  • Ask A Winemaker - October/November 2011

    Nov 14 2011 2:19 AM

    This month we asked Maree Hodge, our Cellar Door Supervisor, for the most  common question she gets at Cellar Door!And that question was, “What type of oak barrels do Tahbilk use … more

  • Ask A Winemaker - August/September 2011

    Nov 14 2011 1:57 AM

    “I have just come back from a trip to England and I noticed that low sulphite wine was being promoted quite extensively due to the health benefits.I am interested in buying very low or sulphite … more

  • Ask A Winemaker - June/July 2011

    Nov 14 2011 1:41 AM

    We haven’t received a specific question regarding this year’s harvest but I know you were all dying to ask “How was vintage 2011 ?” So granddaughter Hayley asked Tim Collard … more

  • Ask A Winemaker - April/May 2011

    Nov 14 2011 1:25 AM

    Seasoned Tahbilk winemaker, Alan George, answers this question from Club Member Brian Hawley.

    "My wife and I have noticed that quite a few reds made by Tahbilk and Dalfarras are around 14%.Is it … more

  • Ask A Winemaker - February/March 2011

    Nov 14 2011 1:23 AM

    Our young gun winemaker – Brendan Freeman – answers this Newsletter's "Ask A Winemaker" question from Club Member, Andrew Kilpatrick.Which is the correct way to store bottles with screw … more

  • Ask A Winemaker - December 2010/January 2011

    Nov 14 2011 1:14 AM

    Wine Club Member Val asks

    "I recently purchased two bottles of the 1997 'Old Block' Cabernet Sauvignon. On opening the first bottle there was quite a lot of sediment in the wine. Could you please … more