What a great year for Spinifex! First, Spinifex's laconic winemaker Pete Schell won the top gong at this year's Young Gun of Wine Awards (judged by Max Allen, Nick Stock, PWS's Philip Rich, Rory Kent and last year's winner Matt Gant) and then Spinifex was named Winery of the Year and the Esprit the Wine of the Year in this year's good australian wine guide written this year by Nick Stock who has taken over from Huon Hooke and Ralph Kyte-Powell.

Spinifex the penguin good australian wine guide 2009 winery and wine of the year!
A seamlessly woven Barossa blend, perfectly interpreting the vintage, the multiple varieties (almost equal parts mataro, grenache and shiraz with a hatful of cinsault) and the essence of the Barossa Valley, this wine succeeds where many others fail. And at a price that puts it well within reach of Australian wine lovers. Definitive.
NICK STOCK, the penguin good australian wine guide 2009