Most wine lovers have dreamt of an old European cellar filled with wine treasures, but should you cellar, do you enjoy aged or cellared wines? What do I cellar?

Spring in our Certified Organic Estate Vineyard means lots of manual work, keeping the grasses down, mowing, slashing and of course wiper snippering, the joys of organics!

Food and wine can go together like the best of friends. But what to pair with Grenache? Mediterranean food!

Deposits in wine, whether they be sediment, white diamonds or a hint of cloudiness, can be off-putting, but in most cases are not dangerous, but take care and you should be fine

Come and live like a Barossan. Our home is centrally located, just 150m from the Tanunda main street. A short walk from all the restaurants, pubs, wine bars and breakfast haunts. 3 bedrooms, and plenty of space for you and your friends

Grenache is truly the underappreciated, if not undiscovered, jewel in the crown of the Barossa. In this book Brett Hayes & Steve Leszczynski and various luminaries of Barossa Grenache explore the history, the region and the wines. A great introduction to Grenache for wine lovers everywhere

With Pruning done, spring signals the time for the vines to wake from their slumber, all refreshed and ready for the season ahead. Budburst is on the agenda for this week to start the Vintage 2022 campaign!

Food and wine can go together like the best of friends. But there are some tips and tricks to making sure that they both shine when you have them together.

Pruning is the most important activity of the year. What we do over winter will impact not only the 2022 crop but the 2023 crop as well. Pruning impacts yield potential, quality and ultimately longevity of the vine itself. A job never to be underestimated or underappreciated.

Hayes Family Wines is once again very excited to announce our fantastic results in the 2022 James Halliday Wine Companion. Things have been a bit different this year but we are proud of what we have produced.

For as long as wine has been available in glass bottles it has been available in various sizes from the very small sample bottles through to 28L and even bigger. But does it matter? Does the wine taste different now or in the future when consumed from a different sized bottle?

Barossa Brandy is one of the great styles of Australian spirit. It is made from grapes, double distilled and aged in barrel for an extended period of time. An Australian style to savour.

We were very excited to hear that the 2019 Primrose Vineyard Shiraz won a gold medal at the 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards in London

Barossa Grenache is a truly wonderful drink. After a period in the wilderness, the wine is back, the grapes are in demand and for the first time in perhaps 50 years we are planting grenache on mass. The resurgence is here

We were very excited to hear that Hayes Family Wines is one of The Real Review Top Wineries of Australia for 2021. The Real Review team tasted wines from over 1,600 wineries in Australia and New Zealand to compile their Top Wineries list this year.

With Vintage 2021 behind us, it is time to revisit all of the wines in the cellar, starting with the Rose, and then the reds from 2021 and 2020. Each will be assessed. Pruning is on the agenda for Mandy. And I will spend some time on the road visiting all our friends across the country. Busy times ahead

With our last wines going from the Fermenters into the Press and finally into Barrel, Vintage 2021 is officially done. And what a year, we are all excited and ready for a break. Andrew and Vanessa will take a week off, but for me, I will look after cellar door and help our Semillon’s from 2021 find their way into bottle. What a Vintage!

This week we picked our last grapes, Mataro from the Primrose and Hill Block Vineyards in Ebenezer and a little Shiraz from the Schulz’s and Hoffman’s for Fortified Shiraz. All looked wonderful, the year is drawing to a close

Vintage continues full steam, with our biggest ever grape delivery day on Monday, a mass of picking bins and indicator of the work ahead. Pump Overs, Pressing, and ultimately wines to barrel. Easter Approaches

The beautiful colours and flavours of vintage 2021