Robert Channon Wines – Awards and Reviews
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Des Houghton’s Column
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Courier Mail Saturday February 6, 2010
"It’s a Tough Job, but someone’s got to do it
Robert Channon has again stamped his authority as the state’s leading producer of white wine with an emphatic victory at a mass blind tasting of Queensland wines at Parliament House this week.
And talented Mt Tamborine wine maker John Heslop is celebrating after his Witches Falls 2007 Syrah – made with Ballandean fruit - trounced a Melbourne Cup field to win the battle of the reds.
The tastings were organised by the teetotal speaker, John Mickel who put together a team of professional and amateur judges, including your favourite columnist.
In the end we whittled the 25 whites to two wines – a 2008 pinot gris or a 2009 verdelho.
At the suggestion of chairman of judges Andrew Corrigan, Master of Wine, we chose the verdelho.
Only when the brown paper bags were torn away did we learn that both wines were from Robert Channon Wines.
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Three members of Parliament joined the tasting panel. They were Labor’s Grace Grace and Margaret Keech and the LNP’s Tim Nicholls, all displaying a surprising depth of Knowledge.
Keech of course was the world’s first – and only – wine minister, a portfolio she enjoyed in a previous Bligh government, since abandoned.
With them were Clerk of the Parliament Neil Laurie, another wine buff and regular visitor to the Granite Belt, and Jake Smith an LNP media and policy adviser.
We all thought Channon’s verdelho was a standout.
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Mickel said Parliament would buy 128 cartons from each winner to be used in functions throughout the year to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first sitting.
The first Queensland parliament sat on May 22 1860."
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James Halliday 28th Feb 2009
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…“Robert Channon Wines, arguably Australia's foremost producer of Verdelho with innumerable trophies and gold medals to its credit”
James Halliday, The Australian February 28, 2009
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Ken Gargett 11 December 2007
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Extract from Ken Gargett’s column in the Courier Mail 11 December 2007
on the results of the previous week’s Queensland Wine Awards at which he was a judge and panel chairman.
“DRINK LOCAL
It was terrific to see wineries succeeding with varieties that are usually not associated with them. For example Robert Channon Wines has had huge success in the past with its Verdelho and its chardonnay yet on this occasion, its Cabernet (Reserve 2005) and Pinot Gris (2007) stepped up and were in the running for best red and best white respectively.
The Pinot Gris was in our ‘odds and sods’ class and all agreed it was by far the best pinot gris we’d seen from Queensland and, more importantly, one of the best we’d seen from anywhere in Australia this year. An elegant style, perhaps more grigio than gris if one wants to tag these wines, it was finely balanced and had classic varietal pear characters.”
FOOTNOTE – The Robert Channon Wines Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 was runner up for the trophy for Best Red Wine in the Show. Ken Gargett didn’t mention it, but our Verdelho 2007 also won a gold medal as did the Reserve Cabernet and the Pinot Gris.
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Ken Gargett Review
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Robert Channon Wines
Review
Ken Gargett
Brisbane Courier Mail 24 July 2007
“Whites? We rarely comment on show successes for individual wines – sometimes it seems there are so many shows that every player wins a prize – but it is worth mentioning the extraordinary results achieved by Robert Channon. His 2006 Verdelho just picked up gold from the 2007 Royal Queensland Show. He also snagged silver for his 2006 Chardonnay and the Trophy for the most successful Queensland winery.
This is a national show with high standards of judging and competition from wines all around Australia. Channon has achieved success here before, regularly winning top Queensland winery and in 2004 the trophy for the best chardonnay in the show and the following year another gold for its chardy. True wines such as Giaconda, Bindi and Leeuwin are not shown at the Royal but that is their choice.
The dominance of the Channon Verdelho has been even more remarkable. It won top Queensland wine for an amazing three years running in the Courier Mail Sofitel Queensland Wine awards and is a superlative example of the variety. It has been at the forefront of why Queensland does Verdelho better than anywhere else in Australia.”
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Our Awards & Medals
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MEDALS & TROPHIES 2001-2008
TROPHIES 2001-2008
QUEENSLAND WINE AWARDS 2008 Trophy for Best Qld Red Wine – Reserve Cab Sauv 2005
Trophy for Most Successful Exhibitor
RASQ SHOW TOOWOOMBA 2008 Trophy Best non- Mediterranean Red – Reserve Cab Sauv 2005
AUST SMALL WINEMAKERS SHOW 2007 Trophy for Best Qld White Wine - Chardonnay 2007
ROYAL BRISBANE SHOW 2007 Trophy for Most Successful Queensland Exhibitor
BRISBANE WINE FESTIVAL 2007 Trophy for Best Qld Wine – Res Chardonnay 2005
Trophy for Best Qld White Wine – Res Chardonnay 2005
Trophy for Best Chardonnay – Res Chardonnay 2005
AUST SMALL WINEMAKERS SHOW 2006 Trophy for Best Qld White Wine - Reserve Chardonnay 2005
QUEENSLAND WINE AWARDS 2006 Trophy for Best White Wine – Reserve Chardonnay 2005
ROYAL BRISBANE SHOW 2005 Trophy for Most Successful Queensland Exhibitor
BRISBANE WINE FESTIVAL 2005 Trophy for Best Qld Wine – Chardonnay 2004
Trophy for Best Qld White Wine – Chardonnay 2004
RASQ SHOW TOOWOOMBA 2005 Trophy Best Verdelho – Verdelho 2004
Trophy Best Qld Non-Mediterranean White Wine – Chardonnay 2003
Trophy Best Qld Mediterranean White – Verdelho 2004
ROYAL BRISBANE SHOW 2004 Trophy Best Chardonnay - Reserve Chardonnay 2002
Trophy Most Successful Queensland Exhibitor
RASQ SHOW TOOWOOMBA 2004 Trophy Best Qld Mediterranean White Wine - Verdelho 2003
BRISBANE WINE FESTIVAL 2004 Trophy Best Qld White Wine - Reserve Chardonnay 2002
AUST. SMALL WINEMAKERS SHOW 2003 Trophy for Most Successful Queensland Exhibitor
QUEENSLAND WINE AWARDS 2003 Trophy for Best White Wine - Verdelho 2003
AUST. SMALL WINEMAKERS SHOW 2002 Trophy for Best Queensland White Wine - Verdelho 2002
Trophy for Most Successful Queensland Exhibitor
Trophy for Excellence in Winemaking
QUEENSLAND WINE AWARDS 2002 Trophy for Best White Wine - Verdelho 2002
QUEENSLAND WINE AWARDS 2001 Trophy Best White Wine - Verdelho 2001
INTERNATIONAL AWARD London International Wine Show 2003 - Verdelho 2002 Silver Medal
MEDALS * GOLD 25 * SILVER 38 * BRONZE 95
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
London International Wine Show 2003 - Verdelho 2002 Silver Medal
Tri-Nations Wine Challenge 2003 - Verdelho 2002 selected in Australian team.
Tri-Nations Wine Challenge 2004 - Verdelho 2003 selected in Australian team.
MEDALS - GOLD (21)
Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 - Australian Small Winemakers Show 2001
Verdelho 2001 - Australian Small Winemakers Show 2002
- Courier Mail Sheraton Qld Wine Awards 2001
Verdelho 2002 - Courier Mail Sheraton Qld Wine Awards 2002
- Australian Small Winemakers Show 2002
Verdelho 2003 - Courier Mail Sheraton Qld Wine Awards 2003
Chardonnay 2003 - Winestate Magazine (5 stars) 2004
Reserve Chardonnay 2002 - Royal Queensland Show 2004.
Reserve Merlot 2002 - Brisbane Wine Festival 2005
Chardonnay 2004 - Royal Queensland Show 2005
- Brisbane Wine Festival 2005
Verdelho 2004 - Cairns Show 2005
Reserve Chardonnay 2005 - Australian Small Winemakers Show 2006
Reserve Chardonnay 2005 - Queensland Wine Awards 2006
Verdelho 2006 - Royal Queensland Show 2007
Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - Cairns Show 2007
Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - Queensland Wine Awards 2007
Chardonnay 2007 - Australian Small Winemakers Show 2007
Verdelho 2007 - Queensland Wine Awards 2007
Pinot Gris 2007 - Queensland Wine Awards 2007
Verdelho 2008 - Australian Small Winemakers Show 2008
Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 - Australian Small Winemakers Show 2008
Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 - Queensland Wine Awards 2008
Merlot 2007 - Queensland Wine Awards 2008
BRONZE MEDALS (28)
INCLUDING:
Singing Lake Rose 2001
Singing Lake Rose 2002
Singing Lake White 2001
Singing Lake Chardonnay Verdelho 2002
Singing Lake Chardonnay Verdelho 2003
Light Horse Red 2002
Casanova's Storm Vintage Port 2002
Shiraz Cabernet 2002
Cabernet Sauvignon 2002
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