RIKARD @ 2024 Sydney University Alumni Festival.
Both Will & Kimberley are Sydney University alumni and are honoured to be selected for the Creators & Innovators showcase at the festival.
Entry is free.
You’ll find us next to Archie Rose distillery stand at the
Sydney ...University Great Hall Cloisters.

Saturday 30th - November 11am - 6pm

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EV Charger @ RIKARD. When we built our winery in 2020, sustainability was a key ingredient. We installed 27KW of solar panels on the winery roof to power our winemaking operations.

We’ve just installed dual 22KW electric vehicle fast chargers to make our solar power go further. They’re... now available to use by our cellar door guests when you’re visiting the winery.

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RIKARD @ ZEST FEST - this Sat 2nd Nov from 3pm, we’ll be pouring your favourite wines at Robertson Park, while you enjoy live music, market stalls and more. The Rueben’s are headlining along with a line up of great musicians - and the tickets are FREE!!

You’ll need to book your free ...tickets - go to zeetfestorange.com.au to find out more! @zestfestorange

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What a day! Last Saturday we held our first ever Blend it like RIKARD event at the winery.

We had so much fun for the afternoon sharing details on how we blend the perfectly balanced wine and helping our guests to create their very own blends.

Everyone took home a bottle of their ...own uniquely blended Chardonnay and Pinot Noir which will cellar for up to 10 years.

We’re doing it all again this weekend and there are 3 seats available for this Saturday 26th of October.
Book online and join us in being a winemaker for the afternoon (2-5pm)!!

And thanks to Yeesum for the lovely feedback, some great pics and being an excellent winemaker for the day!

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In the vineyard: in our deep, fertile, basalt soils, vines so easily thrive.
Vineyards and planting density in Australia are still designed for tractors, not for vine vigour or fruit quality.
We want our vines to compete for nutrients and water, make the most of our soils and ultimately ...produce small crops of flavour-intense fruit.
So at our La Cloche vineyard we’ve planted 1000 Chardonnay vines at a Burgundy-esque 10,000 vines p/ha.

Looking forward to the results in a few years, we’ll work out the tractor bit later!

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Orange Wine Festival is almost here - time to get planning!
Cancelled due to weather - the Orange Wone Festival Night Markets at Robertson Park - Friday 18th Oct from 5.30-830pm.

NOT CANCELLED AND STILL SEATS AVAILABLE:

Saturdays 19th and 26th Oct - BLEND IT LIKE RIKARD!
...
Become a winemaker for a day and blend your own RIKARD wine. Join us for an immersive blending workshop, where Will Rikard-Bell shares with you the components for making our iconic small batch wines and you’ll blend your own two unique bottles to cellar.

Ticket includes:

Blending workshop with winemaker Will Rikard-Bell and RIKARD team.
Access to the RIKARD wine in barrel and tank to sample and blend your own unique wines.
Current vintage RIKARD wines to compare and compliment your blending.
All lab equipment required to create your masterpiece wine
Light refreshments.
Two bottled, labelled and finished wines to take home – one Chardonnay and one Pinot Noir which will cellar for up to 10 years.

2-5pm at RIKARD Winery.

Booking essential, limited seating.
rikardwines.com.au/events

The winery is open this October long weekend Friday 2-5pm, Saturday and Sunday and Monday 11am - 5pm for wine tasting. Book ahead if you can.

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Blend it like RIKARD: Orange Wine Festival 2024 events.
Fancy being a winemaker for the day?
We’ll show you how in our immersive blending workshop at the RIKARD winery. Will and the team will share details on how we blend the perfectly balanced wine and you’ll be working with RIKARD ...wine samples to create your own unique blend. You’ll take home a bottle of your Chardonnay and Pinot Noir which will cellar for up to 10 years.

Limited places on Saturday 19th and 26th of October. Book online and be a winemaker for an afternoon (2-5pm) with us.

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RIKARD on the radio: tune in this Sunday 15th Sep at 9am to The Wine Show Australia @thewineshowaustralia - 96.5 Inner FM in Melbourne or stream live to hear Will chatting about Chardonnay and all things wine.
Be part of the conversation and send in questions to host Jill Upton or comments ...(does Will have a voice for radio?) LIVE to the studio on 0456 965 965 or email at [email protected]

Also the perfect excuse for a sparkling breakfast…

Set your alarms!

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Last of the winter sunset over our La Cloche vineyard to end the week. Not bad.

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