January 29th 2012 will see the evolution
of a unique concept in wine and how
it is presented to the world. For more information on the next event click here.
The growing season in 2008 was exceptional in Macclesfield despite
a burst of late heat. We picked all the Shiraz for ‘The Piece’ from
our best performing blocks, which in 2008 were Block 2 North and
the famous Block 3. These ripened bunches were handpicked, berry
sorted and fermented in four separate one tonne open fermenters.
‘The Piece’ Shiraz was aged for 30 months in new 300 litre French
oak hogsheads. We used medium toast Allier oak from the following
coopers: Damy, Siruge and Boutes.
We recommend careful decanting. Once opened it displays aromas
of white pepper, liquorice and chocolate coupled with restrained
French oak. The palate displays a tightly wound balance of cherry,
blueberries and acid. Dusty tannins complement the finish which is
dry and clean with tremendous length. Cellar for 10 years or more.
450 six packs were produced. Alcohol: 14.5% pH: 3.44
Residual sugar: 0.8 g/l Date of bottling: 1 June 2011
A blend of wine, street art, food and urban culture—the only street-art competition ever to hit a vineyard is back!
With new artists Beastman, Shannon Crees and Gary Seaman, plus Vans the Omega back to defend his title—be prepared for the hottest wine event in the country. Longview’s award winning wines, New York style street food and an international special guest DJ that will blow your mind all on tap.
Sunday 29 January 2012
Longview Vineyard
Pound Road, Macclesfield
Adelaide Hills
Beastman is an artist based in Sydney. His tightly detailed, often symmetrical paintings depict a parallel world of hope and survival inhabited by his beastlike yet beautiful and emotive characters. One of the most distinctive and prolific emerging artists in Australia Beastman has exhibited extensively throughout Australia and overseas.
Beastman was recently named Best Artist at the 2010 Sydney Music, Arts & Culture (SMAC) Awards and his large public mural aerosol works can be found all over Australia and in London, Berlin and New York.
Shannon Crees is a Sydney based artist. Her works are primarily figurative, evolving from a background in fashion design, illustration and graphics. Preferring to work with existing elements of a found object to discover an image. She now dedicates most of her time to large scale murals.
Shannon was the only Australian artist included in the high profile line up of 'the best graffiti artists in the world' at Banksy's Cans Festival 2 in London. Shannon has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally, including her artwork being displayed at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art for Australian fashion week.
Using his design education as a base, Gary Seaman has expanded his skills in numerous mediums including Aerosol, Sculpture (mainly wood based), screen printing and mixed media painting. Noticeable in recent works is the newly developed wood carving technique.
Taking influences from street art, oriental cultures and designer toys, Gary works with wood, aerosol, found objects and vinyl figures to create multi dimensional works that depict characters that we can all relate to, even though they exist in their own little world.
Using Longview’s landscape as inspiration, Vans the Omega took out the judge's award at the inaugural Krush Klinic event in 2011. The artwork has since adorned the bottle of Longview’s limited release The Piece Shiraz. Vans returns this year to defend the prestigious title.
Store is everywhere. You just don’t know it yet! Street art, a magazine ad or on the bottom of a skateboard—you have seen Store’s work!
Founder of Toy Soldiers and respected by some
of the world’s best, Fredrock has been pushing the Adelaide scene forward since the early 90s.
Always on a style chase, Stoops strives to create a feeling of old school nostalgia mixed with space aura, light fantasy and funk explosions.
Influenced by subway art in the ‘80s, Vans The Omega hasn’t stopped doing what he loves and doesn’t see an end in sight.
Using Longview’s landscape as inspiration,
Vans took the out the judges award at the
inaugural Krush Klinic event. Likening our
rolling vineyards to the silhouette of a woman,
Vans seamlessly merged urban street-style
with rural landscape.
Vans was first influenced by hieroglyphics
and ancient letterforms for their beauty and
structure. As a kid while riding the tram or
trains he saw graffiti which really impacted
him. By the early 90s Vans had done his first
piece in the street and finally a whole world
of style opened up.
