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Australia’s first ‘circular wine’
Canberra’s Four Winds Vineyard has released Australia’s first ‘circular wine’ in collaboration with the Hyatt Regency Sydney and food waste innovator Goterra.
The initiative sees organic waste from the Hyatt’s kitchens going directly into Goterra’s specially built unit in the hotel’s basement. The size of a single car space, it is filled
with millions of black soldier fly larvae that eat their way through the food scraps, excreting nutrient-rich frass.
Four Winds Vineyard uses the frass to nourish its vines and the resulting wine is returned to the hotel in the form of Four Winds’ Circular Vintage series. The inaugural wine, Four Winds Circular Vintage Shiraz, was poured last month in the Hyatt Regency’s restaurant and lounge bar. A Circular Vintage Riesling will be introduced to hotel patrons in September.
Hyatt Regency Sydney Executive Assistant Manager Nitin Kumar said Four Winds Vineyard stood out as a producer that shared the hotel’s commitment to quality and innovation. The winery won the prestigious Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy for its 2023 Shiraz in the 2024 Melbourne Royal Wine Awards.
More than 1000 wines for tasting
Every one of the 1,085 entries in the National Wine Show of Australia will be up for tasting when the National Wine Festival returns to the nation’s capital later this week. The festival offers a rare opportunity to sample the very best wines from across the country all in one place.
Held at Hyatt Hotel Canberra on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 June, the festival’s centrepiece Wine Tasting & Expo provides an opportunity to explore every wine entered in the show, including the top trophy winners, over three hours.
Other festival highlights include curated tasting experiences, the Trophy Presentation dinner at the National Press Club on Thursday 11 and a Terroir Wine Pairing Dinner at the Hyatt Hotel Canberra on Friday 12.
For tickets visit www.nationalwineshow.com.au
