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Ballandean Estate releases Fiano, a great Italian white

Fun Over Fifty brings festive cheer to the Granite Belt

Ballandean Estate is welcoming busloads of visitors through its cellar door today, thanks to award-winning tour operator Fun Over Fifty.  Over 75 guests are expected to inject thousands of dollars into the Granite Belt by...

Samuel Bassett award trifecta for Puglisi family

Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi of Ballandean Estate on the Granite Belt has been honoured with the prestigious Samuel Bassett Award at this week’s 36th Queensland Wine Awards. One of Australia’s most influential woman in wine, Leeanne is...

Ballandean Estate releases Moscato Giallo Strange Bird™ 13 on Angelo Puglisi’s birthday

Ballandean Estate is set to release its latest Strange Bird™, a 2019 Moscato Giallo to coincide with the father of Queensland wine’s 76th birthday on Monday 29 July 2019. Angelo Puglisi, estate owner of Queensland’s...

Pinot Noir crowned Angelo Puglisi Grand Champion Wine of Show

Angelo Puglisi, the Father of Queensland Wine, today returned to the Ekka to present the inaugural Angelo Puglisi Grand Champion Wine of Show. A Tasmanian Pinot Noir took out the accolade, and is the first...

Women in wine fermenting change at Ballandean Estate

Ballandean Estate has a rich history of empowered women in wine. Leeanne Puglisi-Gangemi was recently voted onto the Winemaker’s Federation board, and is Queensland’s first female voice and vote. At just 19 years of age,...

Gala glitterati dazzle at Ballandean Estate’s Opera in the Vineyard 2019

Opera in the Vineyard 2019 dazzled at Ballandean Estate on Sunday 5 May. Over 550 people attended the charity gala, co-hosted by Rotary Stanthorpe, with all funds raised going to charity. Sunday was our first...

Love to light up the stage at Opera in the Vineyard 2019

Husband and wife operatic stars Rosario La Spina and Milijana Nikolic will be lighting up the stage with a dazzling performance at Opera in the Vineyard 2019, a gala charity event held in the spectacular...

Honeymoon Harvest

Love is in the air at Ballandean Estate. Meet French lovebirds Afef and Thomas! Ballandean Estate’s harvest season has been sweetened by the addition of honeymooning French couple Afef Idoudi (24) and Thomas Relizani (28), who have spent...

The Granite Belt weighs in to Geographical Indications (GI) debate with European Union at Bond University

Taking Provenance Seriously: Will Australia Benefit from Better Legal Protection for GIs? Colloquium at Bond University on Monday 12 February saw the Granite Belt weigh in to a Geographical Indications (GI) debate with EU Commissioner for...