Taylors Wines

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Taylors Wines
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The original St Andrews vineyard
Location89A Winery Road Auburn
, South Australia, Australia
Wine region Clare Valley
Other labels Promised Land, Taylors Estate, Eighty Acres, Taylors Winemakers Project, Jaraman, St Andrews, Wakefield.
Founded1969
First  vintage 1973
Known forTaylors Estate Range
Varietals Cabernet Sauvignon , Shiraz , Merlot , Tempranillo , Pinot noir , Cabernet Shiraz, Vermentino , Chardonnay , Sauvignon blanc , Semillon Sauvignon blanc, Riesling , Gewurztraminer , Pinot gris , Muscat (grape and wine)
DistributionInternational
Tasting Open to the public
Website www.taylorswines.com.au

Taylors Wines is a family-owned winery established in 1969 and located in the Clare Valley of South Australia. Taylors is one of the founding members of the Australia's First Families of Wine. [1] [2]

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Taylors' first wine was the 1973 Taylors Cabernet Sauvignon. [3] Taylors Wines is the largest holding in the Clare Valley. [1] Due to trademark restrictions, Taylors Wines uses the name Wakefield Wines in the majority of the Northern Hemisphere.

History

The original 178-hectare vineyard was founded in 1969 by Bill Taylor, Sr. and his sons, Bill and John, and is located by the Wakefield River in the Clare Valley, South Australia.[ citation needed ] [4]

Seahorses

The three seahorse logo of Taylors and Wakefield wines came through a discovery in the vineyard. While excavating the vineyard dam, the family found fossilised remains of seahorses, signifying the area had once been part of an inland sea. [5] Today, the three seahorses represent the three generations of Taylors winemakers. [6]

Clare Valley

The Clare Valley is "Situated in the northern Mt Lofty Ranges. South Australia's Clare Valley was settled in the late 1830s with the first vineyards planted and wines produced in the early 1840s" [7] [8] The region is home to a large number of vineyards and grows a wide variety of grape varieties though it is renowned for its Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz. [9] South Australia has the most wine activity of all the states in Australia. [10]

Vineyard

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Taylors Vineyard in The Clare Valley

The Taylor family vineyard is located in the Clare Valley, more specifically in the sub-region of Auburn, and stretches to the Watervale border. "It is 350 meters above sea level and the climate is often described as Mediterranean due to the cool maritime breezes originating from the Gulf of St Vincent situated only 60 kilometres to the West." [11]

Ranges

Taylors Wines has six different ranges all of which have different wine varietals and blends.[ citation needed ]

Varietals

Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Tempranillo, Merlot, Pinot noir, Cabernet Merlot, Sauvignon blanc, Semillon, Riesling, Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Vermentino and Pinot gris. [12] [13]

Australia's First Families of Wine

"Launched in 2009 Australia's First Families of Wine (AFFW) is an initiative created by 12 family-owned Australian wineries to educate consumers about Australian wine. Together the families represent 16 Australian regions across four states and more than 200 years of winemaking experience." [14] [15] [16]

Environment

Taylors Wines has won multiple awards for its environmental initiatives and sustainability practices. In 2010 Taylors Wines won the Banksia Environmental Foundation Award for sustainability. [17] [18] In the same year the company also won the Environmental and Energy Management Award in the NAB Agribusiness Awards and is the first company to release a range of 100% carbon neutral wines compliant to the international standard for Life Cycle Assessment (ISO14044). [19] [20] [21]

Other awards won by Taylors Wines due to their environmental practices include:

Awards

Community Initiatives

St Andrews Hospital

Taylors Wines has been associated with the St Andrews Hospital in South Australia since 1990.[ citation needed ]

Taylors Wines has been a sponsor of the Art Gallery of New South Wales Society of NSW for over 15 years.[ when? ] The Art Gallery of New South Wales is the leading museum of art in New South Wales and is one of Australia's foremost cultural institutions [25]

The Wallabies – Australia's National Rugby Union Team

Taylors Wines are the official wine behind Australia's national rugby union team, the Wallabies, and the exclusive wine partner of the Rugby Union Players' Association (RUPA). [26]

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