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Kate Goodman of Penley Estate
Named Winemaker of the Year Australian winemaker continues a tradition of audacious women making waves. Old Bridge Cellars is excited to share that Kate Goodman, head winemaker for Penley Estate in Coonawarra, South Australia, is selected “Winemaker of the Year 2024” by Halliday Wine Companion – Australia’s most respected wine authority. In her selection, Kate blazes a trail as the first winemaker leading a Coonawarra winery to be chosen, and only the third woman to be named Halliday’s Winemaker of the Year since their Awards began in 2010. The Penley winery was also shortlisted as Halliday’s Winery of the Year, and is the only winery from the Coonawarra region in this year’s award nominees. “What Kate Goodman is achieving at Penley is quite astonishing,” said chief editor Campbell Mattinson. “It’s rare – if not unheard of – that a winery do everything well. And yet somehow Kate is producing everything from the avant garde to the traditional to an exceptional standard. The Penley cabernet sauvignons are now as brilliant as they are bold, but then she’s also putting out innovative product after innovative product. She’s obviously getting people excited about Penley but I’d also go so far as to say that she’s turning people on to Coonawarra itself.” The Award category of ‘Winemaker of the Year’ recognizes best winemaking practice, and the significance, and importance, of the stamp the person has or is making on the Australian wine landscape. “Kate’s investment in our family’s vision is what has fed our evolution into creating some spectacular contemporary wines,” said co-owner Ang Tolley. “Kate’s leadership, together with viticulturist, Hans Loder feels as though we have taken an almighty breath of fresh Coonawarra air and we are totally inspired to continue to push boundaries and create.” For Goodman, the Award is further evidence that the trajectory the wines are on is the right one. “Since the beginning, Bec and Ang Tolley have given me the complete support and encouragement to turn things on their head, and push to the point of failure to really work out what our vineyards can do. That’s incredibly rare and offers me and our team the opportunity to create great things. She continued, “winning this award and being shortlisted for Winery of the Year is recognition and confirmation that we are on the right path, and we don’t have to keep second guessing ourselves.” |
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