Izway Wines is a partnership between Brian Conway and Craig Isbel based in Seppeltsfield in the Barossa Valley. We met during vintage at Chateau du Bluizard in Beaujolais in 2002. Our wine making is simple and minimalistic and is based on old world, hands on techniques. We start our ferments naturally and then inoculate with cultured yeast towards the end of ferment. We limit our acid additions as much as possible, we rarely use nutrient, never use tannin or any other additions and we never fine or filter our wines. We both love the purity and energy of natural wines and these are the styles that we are emulating. We would like to think our wines are a true expression of the terroir from which they are sourced and all of our winemaking philosophies are based around expressing terroir as truly as possible.
"2011 was one of the toughest vintages we have encountered at Izway, with continual rain both during the growing season and during harvest affecting the quality of fruit in all of our Vineyards. Our winemaking philosophy enables us to be flexible and to respond accordingly in seasons like this, and consequently we were able to produce some very interesting batches of wine. In general, the fruit is prettier and more aromatic with lighter colour and texture than previous years. We used more whole bunch components in our ferments to build structure and the wines have benefitted enormously from this. The most positive aspect of the 2011 wines is their drinkability, and we are very proud of what we will release from this very difficult vintage."
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