Stopped off with a few work colleagues after being recomnended by one of the bigger wineries in the Swan Valley. It is a smallish operation but the owners are great and the service is personal.
Well worth a visit if you are visiting the Swan Valley
What a surprise. From the road this looks like a suburban house. Take the time to turn into the side road and park in the generous car park and you will be rewarded with a visit to the underground cellar, great wines and informative and helpful service.
My husband and I took some friends on a tour of the swan valley and we stopped here for a wine tasting. The wine tasting is in the cellar and as you walk through and down the stairs you see where all the wine is being stored in barrels.
We were impressed with the Chenin Blanc, the Petit Verdot and the Autumn Harvest. Anthony was even kind enough to let us try the rare muscat, which would have to be one of the best we'd ever tried.
Definitely recommend a visit.
Four of us arrived on bicycles late morning. John appeared and the conversation went-
My husband "Good morning, are you open"
John "Are you here for the tasting?
My husband "Yes"
John "Is that fair?"
I am not sure what he meant by that question but it nearly made our group leave. John back tracked somewhat and his very pleasant son arrived and saved the day and we enjoyed some decent free tastings after that. Had the greeting been somewhat better we may have spent some money there rather in another winery 10 metres across the road.
The cellar door was closed when we arrived, but we met John Kosovich in the yard and he took us meet his son, and wine make, Anthony John Kosovich is known for his Muscats which consistently get very high ratings. The wine that impressed us was the Reserve Chenin Blanc 2011, which was amazing. Never had a Chenin Blanc of this age before. Fabulous tasting room which is the original cellar that dates back nearly 100 years and has some impressive wood beams. Both John and Anthony Kosovich are super people and go out of their way to ensure you have a good visit. John showed us vines planted in 1922 that are the biggest vine stock I have ever seen. It's a variety of eating grape that John says still produces a large amount of fruit each year. Great visit!
