Leeuwin Estate Winery has been at the forefront of the Australian wine industries rise to prominence since its inception in 1972. One of the original estates in the Margaret River district, the estate was founded by Australians Denis and Tricia Horgan with famous American vintner Robert Mondavi in a consulting role, Mondavi at that time was in the middle of his quest to bring fine wine to Australia.Located in South Western Australia the Margaret River district is situated close to the ocean and receives the advantage of the cooler temperatures accorded to it from the on shore breeze during summer months. There is also a natural forest which separates the district from the extreme weather found in the desert of the Australian outback. This unique geography has given rise to not only amazing wine in this temperature picturesque district, but also to an upscale tourism industry which provides plenty of capital for wineries to continually improve their product.Although it may seem an ideal environment to grow grapes, the Leeuwin Estate does face challenges in the way of both wind damage to vines and birds eating the grapes. To deal with the deadly force of wind the estate makes sure to keep a natural wind break by keeping a dense tree line around the vineyard as well as planting rye shrubs after every second vine. To deal with birds, which are natural predators to wineries, especially in Australia where they migrate each winter, the estate has decided that instead of netting the vines which can be expensive, affect grape ripeness and are sometimes ineffective that a better choice is to offer other alternatives for food on the property. As it turns out sunflowers are a favorite snack for the parrots which are the most consistent pest on the property, so sunflowers are grown at regular intervals on the property with much success.The only Australian Winery to ever be named as Wine Spectator's international winery of the year on three separate occasions the quality of wine being produced at Leeuwin Estate is truly among the best in the world. Although they make a number of different varietals the focuses here are both Chardonnay which is planted from California clones and Shiraz. I find their Shiraz especially interesting because the grapes are from a somewhat cooler climate then many are accustomed to in Australia. This gives the wine, in my mind, a more balanced approach then some of the overly fruity wines which have made Australian wineries famous in the past. It is the ability of Leeuwin Estates to create this balance both in their wine and with their environment that make them one of the truly great wineries in the world. [EXTRACT] Leeuwin Estate Winery has been at the forefront of wine industry in Australia rise to fame since its inception in 1972. One of the original properties in the district of Margaret River, the estate was founded by Denis Horgan Australian and Tricia with the famous American winemaker Robert Mondavi, in a consulting role, Mondavi at that time was in the midst of his quest to bring good wine in Australia. Located in southern Western Australia Margaret River district is situated near the sea and get the advantage of cooler temperatures to be granted from the breeze on the coast during the summer months. There is also a natural forest that separates the neighborhood from the weather extremes that are found in the desert interior of Australia. This unique geography has resulted not only in this amazing wine picturesque district of temperature, but also the luxury tourism industry offers a lot of capital for wineries to continually improve their products. Although it may seem an ideal environment for growing grapes, Leeuwin Estate is facing challenges in the path of wind damage for both vines and birds that eat the grapes. To cope with the deadly force of wind to keep property ensures a natural wind break, maintaining a dense line of trees around the vineyard, and the planting of bushes of rye after each vine seconds. To cope with the birds, which are natural predators of the wineries, especially in Australia, where they migrate each winter, the farm has decided that instead of networks of strains that can be costly, affect grape maturity and are sometimes ineffective that the best option is to offer food alternatives on the property. It turns out that sunflowers are a favorite snack of the parrots, which are more consistent pest on the property, so that sunflowers are grown on the property at regular intervals with great success. The only Australian winery to be named International Wine Spectator wine of the year three times the quality of wines produced in the Leeuwin Estate is truly one of the best in the world. Although a series of different varieties of the focuses in this case are being planted Chardonnay from California and Shiraz clones. I think its interesting because Shiraz grapes are of a somewhat cooler climate then, many are accustomed to in Australia. This gives the wine, in my opinion, a more balanced approach then some of the fruity wines that they have done exceedingly famous wineries of Australia in the past. It is the ability of the Leeuwin Estates to create this balance in both the wine and their environment that make them a truly great wineries in the world.
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