WINE REVIEWS BY SAM KIM FROM WINE ORBIT – May 2023

WINE REVIEWS BY SAM KIM FROM WINE ORBIT – May 2023

The latest reviews for the Kurtz Family Vineyard collection by Sam Kim from Wine Orbit May 2023. Schmick Shiraz 2018 – 96 points – 5 starsSuperbly ripe and gracefully opulent, the wine shows dark fruit richness, spicy oak, tapenade and dark chocolate notes...
THE WINEFRONT REVIEWS BY GARY WALSH

THE WINEFRONT REVIEWS BY GARY WALSH

The latest reviews for the Kurtz Family Vineyard collection by Gary Walsh from The Winefront July 2021.Lunar Block Shiraz 2018 – 94 points – (Available soon)From a block planted in 1969. 1,200 bottles produced.Intense black fruit, and lavish mocha oak,...
WINE REVIEWS BY SAM KIM FROM WINE ORBIT

WINE REVIEWS BY SAM KIM FROM WINE ORBIT

The latest reviews for the Kurtz Family Vineyard collection by Sam Kim from Wine Orbit January 2021. Seven Sleepers Shiraz 2018 – 92 points – 4.5 starsIt’s fabulously ripe and perfumed on the nose showing Black Doris plum, violet, toasted nut and...

1918 BAROSSA BLEND CHALLENGE 2021 WINNER

We’re thrilled that Kurtz Family Vineyards Boundary Row GSM 2016 has been crowned the 2021 winner of 1918 Bistro and Grill’s Barossa Blend Challenge over the weekend, having been selected by 1918’s guests from an illustrious Top 10 line-up. Kurtz...
50TH ANNIVERSARY LUNAR BLOCK SHIRAZ RELEASED

50TH ANNIVERSARY LUNAR BLOCK SHIRAZ RELEASED

On 20 July 1969, as 650 million people worldwide watched Neil Armstrong take ‘one giant leap for mankind’, a momentous occasion of smaller scale was occurring in the Barossa Valley. Fifth generation Barossa grape growers, John and Erril Kurtz expanded their vineyard,...
An Interview with Steve Kurtz

An Interview with Steve Kurtz

Winemaker Interview by Adam Catford for Winefront Monthly Name: Steve Kurtz Age: 44, Virgo and Port Adelaide supporter. Where you currently make wine: Kurtz Family Vineyards Where you’ve made wine in the past: Never Most significant wine you’ve ever drunk: Saltram’s...