{"id":6869,"date":"2017-03-23T08:13:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T08:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vino.qodeinteractive.com\/?page_id=6869"},"modified":"2024-03-02T10:59:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T10:59:25","slug":"our-winemaker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesterhillwines.com.au\/index.php\/our-winemaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Winemaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row row_content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1491831764066{padding-top: 80px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-12″][vc_row_inner row_content_width=”grid”][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-4″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

MICHAEL BOURKE<\/span><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_single_image image=”21492″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-8″][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Mick\u2019s thirst for knowledge and passion for making great wine has taken over from his former life and if he is not in his winery or the vines, you may find him doing tastings to visitors at Jester Hill Wines.<\/p>\n

Mick\u2019s attention to detail, with support from Stephen Oliver, Consultant Winemaker, together produced Winestate\u2019s Runner Up Shiraz of the Year 2014 amongst numerous other awards including gold at the Australian Small Winemakers\u2019 Show.<\/p>\n

2012 saw Mick produce and make his first solo vintage.\u00a0Achievements include 2012 Touchstone Shiraz with multiple gold medals and trophies and the 2012 Touchstone Petit Verdot in the Top 5 at Winestate Magazine for Best Alternative Red across Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

In 2023, Mick was awarded Winemaker of the Year at the Queensland Win Awards.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”140px”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1492074346410{padding-top: 145px !important;padding-bottom: 140px !important;}”][vc_column]

\n\t\t\t

\n\t\t\tPAST WINEMAKERS<\/span>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n
\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \t\t\t\t

\n\t\tester Hill has been fortunate from the beginning to have had some very talented people as winemakers\u2026<\/span>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”70px”]
\n\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Janda 2004 - 2010\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

From 2004-2010 James Janda was employed full time as a winemaker and viticulturist. James was passionate about vines, growing premium grapes and the processes involved in producing hand-crafted wines. James studied and worked under the third generation winemaker, Andrew Hickinbotham, in the beautiful Pinot country of the Mornington Peninsula. He was always excited about the Granite Belt and its ability to produce world-class wines.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

\n\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSTEPHEN OLIVER 2010\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

In early 2010 James moved to the Yarra Valley with his family and late 2010 Stephen Oliver became our contract winemaker. Steve and Kevin work hand in hand with us to ensure quality grapes produce quality vines! 2012 was a landmark year for Jester Hill Wines with our 2010 Shiraz taking out Champion Mainstream Red and Champion Wine of the Show at the 2012 Queensland Wine Awards. Our 2010 Shiraz ended up with two trophies and multiple gold medals and our 2009 Shiraz also won a gold medal \u2013 all thanks to the handywork of Steve and Mick.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>

\"a\"<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row row_content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1491831764066{padding-top: 80px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-12″][vc_row_inner row_content_width=”grid”][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-3 vc_col-md-4″][vc_column_text] MICHAEL BOURKE [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_single_image image=”21492″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-8″][vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Mick\u2019s thirst for knowledge and passion for making great wine has taken over from his former life and if he is not in his winery or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesterhillwines.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesterhillwines.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesterhillwines.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesterhillwines.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesterhillwines.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6869"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/jesterhillwines.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22015,"href":"https:\/\/jesterhillwines.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6869\/revisions\/22015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesterhillwines.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}