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Nomads Garden, King Valley (2026)

02/06/2026

PINOT MEUNIER - EVANS VINEYARD KING VALLEY N.E VIC. NEW VINTAGE, SAME GREAT WINE!

A firm favourite amongst our range is the Evans Vineyard Pinot Meunier loved by many, the consumers and reviewers a like. The 2023 vintage seen it become our highest scoring wine to date, wine from giving it a 94 and .mattinson singing its praises. The 2023 vintage now sold out but the 2024 is the same great wine. We have been making Pinot Meunier as light dry red since 2O19 and the more we make this wine the more we fall in love with it.

Originally planted to make sparkling wine at this vineyard, it’s one that’s not often seen as a still table wine varietal, although we it makes a beautiful, delicate, fine b***d red. Sharing many similarities to Pinot Noir with perhaps less earthy notes and more citrus and red fruit flavours. As Jeni would say ‘It’s a beautiful drink.’ Have you given it a whirl yet?

Swipe across to read Jeni’s full review.

04/05/2026

THAT’S A WARP! 🍇🍇
And so draws to close another vintage, the 9th since we began way back in 2017 with a couple of tiny experimental batch wines.

2026 was in no way an easy growing season. We had everything, a late November frost, record breaking January heat and unseasonable late summer rain and humidity. Not an easy year to grow a grape. Through all of this our growers, who we firmly believe are the best in the business, have again delivered us beautiful fruit to create our wines, and for that we say a massive Thank You!

We are happy to report all our 2026 wines are looking very promising at this early stage, we look forward to sharing them with you later in the year. Thanks again for your support of our small independent family wine label.

25/01/2026

A very belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all from our little family here at Nomads Garden. We’re hoping you’re all safe and well and somewhat surviving this heat! It’s hot, and persistently hot down here in our little pocket of the world that we call the North East. Nearly the whole next week is forecast to be above 40!

After a handful of mild summers down here it’s a real reminder of what summer can be like, there’s fires and an ever constant threat of fires. Our hearts have broken at the news of other producers and vingerons and the devastating loss and effects that this summers fires have had on some, and it’s been tricky to know what to share in a time like these.

December was a busy month for us, and a busy month for all we’re sure. School holidays started and the festive season was upon us! We were grateful to be delivering wine all over the North East to many of our favourite suppliers and beyond. Let’s say nothing quite marks the arrival of the festive season more than a couple of glasses of Prosecco.... So big cheers and thanks to you all.

To top it all off and make it just a little more busier than it already was, we squeezed in a full week of bottling. There will be new vintages of some of your favourites arriving soon. Fiano, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and our Light Jucy Red all came down the line in mid December.

Bottling on site is a big undertaking, we oversee and are responsible for every little facet of it. Let’s say one of Ben’s least preferred jobs is when has to don the bottling line mechanic hat while everyone on the line patiently watches on. But there’s huge benefits in us having the ability to bottle right here on site, it means that we can bottle each variety exactly at their optimal time rather than needing to compromise and fit in to external bottling schedules.

Bottling on site also means that our wines are grown, made and bottled all within the North East, making them a true expression of the North East.

📸 IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS IN COMMENTS.

14/10/2025

INTERNATIONAL FIANO DAY!
This Friday the 17th of October marks the first ever International Fiano Day, and what better way to celebrate than with our new release 2025 YURILLA VINEYARD FIANO. 🥂

Our 2025 ‘Yurilla Vineyard’ Fiano is again an abundance of vibrant fresh aromatics, there is something about this vineyard site on the floor of King Valley that produces super charged aromatics in Fiano.

This year’s wine spent 3 months in very nice seasoned French Oak barrels to add a layer of texture on the palate to temper and complement the aromatics.

As always wild fermented and single vineyard, serve cold in a nice big glass, great with any fish, Japanese cuisine and simply with friends on a balmy spring evening.

You can order our new release online at nomadsgarden.com.au or with your favourite local stockist to celebrate. Enjoy!

Pictured - Yurilla Vineyard, King Valley.

03/09/2025

Fathers Day is just around the corner.
Share a glass this Sunday with (or for) the father figures in your life.

We’ll be raising a glass for Ben, Wilby & Paul - The fathers that surround us and also help us to bring Nomads Garden to life.

Jump on our website or pop in to your local stockists and pick up some of ‘Dad’s’ favourites! 🍷

01/09/2025

SINGLE VINEYARD, WILD FERMENT, LOW INTERVENTION. 🍇
The core pillars of Nomads Garden since the very start. Single vineyard wines by hand, utilising wild yeasts and a simple winemaking process.

We started Nomads Garden because we believe that low intervention, natural wine methods can be used to produce a quality wine, at price that doesn’t break the bank.

Our labels are graced with the striking and beautiful artwork of renowned King Valley Artist Anita Lawrence who was commissioned to capture the essence of our home in North East Victoria.
Since the very beginning of Nomads Garden Anita’s artwork has remained the bold centre point of our label and brand.

Over the years you’ve welcomed the arrival of the colourful adapted version that sits pride of place on our Prosecco, Rosé & Pinot Grigio (soon to be released!) and this vintage will be slightly more colourful with the inclusion of coloured backgrounds to each of the varietals, making it even easier for you to quickly spot your favourites from afar! 💛🧡💚

30/06/2025

Deep in the depths of Winter there’s no better time to reacquaint ourselves with our Evans Vineyard Pinot Meunier, a quiet achiever that’s garnered a bit of attention of late...
reviewed it for .com.au and gave it a 93/100 calling it ‘a quality Pinot Meunier and it’s outstanding value’ (full review in comments) and included in their deep dive into ‘Australia’s best Piont Meunier’ that they released this time last year.
We have been making Pinot Meunier as light dry red since 2O19 and the more we make this wine the more we fall in love with it. Originally planted to make sparkling wine at this vineyard, alternatively this variety makes a beautiful, delicate, fine b***d red sharing many similarities to Pinot Noir with perhaps less earthy notes and more citrus and red fruit flavours.

Grapes for our Pinot Meunier come from the Evans Vineyard in Myrrhee (pictured above), which sits in a picturesque tributary valley of the main King River system. Originally planted in the 199Os by visionary winemaker Peter Read, who realised that the climate and soils of the region were ideal for growing what were then unknown varieties. Today the site is owned by Peter & Suzanne Evans and managed by Dan Ebert. Conventional, best practice viticulture is practiced on this vineyard.

Picked in the cool of the night at a Baume of around 13 the grapes are gently top loaded directly into the fermentors on arrival to the winery, this helps to preserve as many whole berries as possible, with the intention of creating a fine b***d juicy wine.The key to this wine is Carbonic Maceration, we have around 25% of the fruit handpicked so we can run a couple of separate, fully carbonic ferments. The wine from these ferments displays super lifted aromatics along with a lighter palate and colour. Together with the whole berry ferment there contrasting styles work in beautiful harmony to create a delicate, fine and very pretty Pinot Meunier. It’s not often that you see this varietal as a still table wine, but we believe it has great potential in Victoria’s north east, especially as the climate continues to warm.

19/05/2025

PINOT NOIR ~ GLENMORE SPRINGS 🍷
The grapes for the Pinot Noir are grown by Marco at the stunning Glenmore Springs Vineyard in the cool upper reaches of the renowned King Valley, the same vineyard we also source grapes for our Prosecco & Pinot Grigio (coming soon!). An immaculate, cool climate vineyard that sits at 340m ASL on well draining, gritty loam soil with spectacular views out across the valley, Marco’s vineyard is simply immaculate. It’s a true testament to his dedication to produce the highest quality fruit possible. Swipe across to see the breathtaking scenes from the vineyard and the man himsel). The pinot vines are Dijon Bernard Clone 115 which are all painstakingly arched cane pruned each year and leaf plucked on the east side to expose fruit to the gentle morning sun. In short this is fruit from an amazing grower with a beautiful cool climate vineyard site planted to a high quality Pinot Noir clone. Good (or great) fruit we believe is the key ingredient to making good wine, and our work in the winery is always subsidiary and complimentary to this.For the Pinot every effort is made to retain as many intact whole berries in the ferment as possible to ensure the nuances of the variety are present in the resultant wine. A gentle touch is maintained throughout ferment with only a once daily short pump over undertaken to wet the cap. A brief cold soak is undertaken; the must is then allowed to warm so a healthy natural wild ferment can ensue.
Maceration is generally around 2 weeks in total. Only a small amount of French oak is used as this is a wine made unashamedly in the ‘Vin de Soif’ style.The end result is a bright, lifted varietal aromatics of red fruits, cherry, raspberry and spice preludes a vibrant palate, showcasing the incredible purity of fruit and the cool climate vineyard site. A wine that’s immensely drinkable in its youth with cellaring potential up to 5 years.

Images by Richard .brother.media

29/04/2025

THATS A WRAP ON VINTAGE 2025! 🍇
After a whirlwind 3 months of chaos, long hours and plenty of blood sweat and tears we can finally declare Vintage 2025 to be officially over at Nomads Garden!

This year we saw a return to a warm dry summer period that we normally experience here in North East Victoria as opposed to the humid and wet conditions that were the hallmarks of the 2021-2024 summers. To put it in very simple terms warm and dry is great for growing grapes, wet and humid is far more nerve wracking.

The quality of the fruit this year is as good as we have seen in recent times, a testament to the remarkable group of grape growers who supply us with our fruit. The resultant wines are showing remarkable promise at this early stage, having tasted them all just this week we are filled with excitement by what we have seen. The post vintage tasting is one of the most enjoyable days of the year as a winemaker, the dust has settled on vintage and you finally have a moment to get your first look at the years wines as a whole and gauge how they are progressing.

Now we have break, recharge the batteries and then get to work nurturing the wines through to bottle before starting the process all over again in 2026!

Cheers, Ben

📸 Photos by .brother.media

18/03/2025

2024 YURILLA VINEYARD FIANO
What a welcome relief the cool change is?!
The extended heat has had us reaching for the cool, crisp notes of the Fiano time and time again, the perfect wine to cut through the summer weather. An abundance of vibrant tropical fruits and lychee on the nose that follow through to the palate. Refreshing acidity balanced with a touch of residual sugar make for great drinking on warm days with or without food.

The grapes for the Fiano come from friend and grower Peter Burrowes. Peter’s ‘Yurilla Vineyard site sits on the valley floor of the King Valley, the site is one of the warmer ones in the valley making it the perfect fit for growing Fiano. Originally hailing from Campania in Italy Fiano relies on warmth to bring ripeness in balance with its acidity.
Like all our wines, we ferment the Fiano using only the natural wild yeast indigenous to the vineyard. For reasons unknown to us the ferment on the Fiano tends to stop with between 1-2g/L of residual sugar remaining most years. We don’t mind, the almost undetectable trace of sugar tempers the lively acidity of this variety well. Post fermentation the wine is racked off heavy lees with only the light fluffy lees taken to create texture and mouth feel.

Have you treated yourself to one of our 2024 Yurilla Vineyard Fiano’s yet? And what’s your favourite match for this one?

The eye catching Lino cut used across the label and background is a beautiful artwork commission by talented King Valley artist

Sound on for the smooth sounds of the 90’s funk rock of Ben’s childhood. 🌞

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