The festive season and the heralding of a new year is always a fine occasion to pop a cork and celebrate with a fine wine, and for the Monowai Estate team there is extra reason to raise a glass at this time.
The Crownthorpe-based winery has picked up a prestigious gold medal at the Singapore Tower Club Wine Awards with its 2015 Pinot Gris - the second medal the variety has picked up this year internationally.
Winemaker and one of the founders of Monowai Estate, Emma Lowe, was delighted with the latest win as the Singapore Tower Club is a prestigious private business club, which stages an annual competition, with the winning wines then selected for their chain of exclusive restaurants.
"We are thrilled with the continued recognition of our 2015 Pinot Gris," she said.
"The grapes come from our own vineyard, which my husband Marcelo manages, and they harvested at optimum ripeness which gives the wine the very best start."