Wine Business Monthly Jacques Lurton

Australia's Wine Business Monthly
Bordeaux-based flying winemaker Jacques Lurton has completed 21 vintages in Australia, and was recently named in Andrew Jefford’s list of Australia’s 12 best winemakers. Jacques’ love affair with Kangaroo Island started on his honeymoon in 1997, when his mentor Brian Croser and Martin Shaw suggested the new couple visit the sialnd with a view to establishing a vineyard.
In 2000, Jacques created The Islander Estate Vineyards, with a well-defined concept of the wine style he wanted to produce, “My reasoning was based on the selection of the soil, the climate, the aesthetics of the place, the method of production which does not compromise the quality, and the principle that a high-class wine must be the result of a natural balance of all its components.”
The wine list showcasing Kangaroo Island and South Australia at Southern Ocean Lodge has included all Islander Estate labels over its young history; currently in the cellar are:
Wally White Semillon
Yakka Jack Red Blend
Sangiovese
Old Rowley Red Blend
and a favourite amongst guests and the Southern Ocean Lodge team alike is ‘Bark Hut Road’!
More at www.iev.com.au
and read ‘An hour with Jacques Lurton’, by Anthony Madigan as published in Wine Business Monthly, August 2010 (see link above) or at http://www.awbm.com.au/