2009 Wonderland of the Eden Valley Riesling

Review written by Chris Shanahan, Canberra Times, June 2010.
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This is a stunning first release for Dandelion Vineyards, the brainchild of husband and wife Zar and Elena Brooks. Dandelion grows its own grapes and sources others from notable vineyards. In this particular instance, says Zar Brooks, the grapes come from a "centurion plus riesling vineyard of five acres or so tended by the 86 years young Mr Colin Kroehn, all in view of his beloved Church of  St Petri". There's a fine, delicate magic to Dandelion dry riesling - a classic of the taut, intense Eden Valley style - made by Elena Brooks.