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Once a judge, now a Mentor

By Coral Cooksley A love of wine as a hobby turned into a passionate career for Rutherglen wine-maker Chris Pfeiffer (OAM) who worked alongside wine industry buffs before venturing into…

Our Pinot Noir Project

Pinot Noir at Pfeiffer Wines has always been special but it took Ampelographer, Dr. Gerald Atkinson, from Lincoln University in New Zealand to excite us all to realise the treasure…

Chris Pfeiffer

Take a look at this picture.  This lovely, happy, smiling face of Chris is when he WAS the Chief Judge at the Rutherglen Wine Show and Australian Fortified Wine Show this year, 2019. This…

Vale Colin Campbell

This letter is a story, a story of sadness and a story of happiness, as I have reason to look back into the last 35 years. Many of you who…

Huge Haul At Cowra

Judging for the 37th Cowra Wine Show has concluded, with almost 1000 wines being put to the test. Local and smaller vineyards across Australia were pitted against some big names…

Pfeiffer Pinot Noir

As you know, our Pinot Noir vines are the oldest on our Sunday Creek vineyard.  They have had the hardest life, beginning with their trip here, originally from Burgundy in…

The Life Of A Winemaker

“The Life of a Winemaker” as seen through my eyes, those of the wife of one winemaker, Chris and the mother of the other winemaker, Jen. The year for the…