{"id":30038,"date":"2019-02-19T10:57:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T10:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=30038"},"modified":"2020-04-24T08:04:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T07:04:38","slug":"tim-smith-named-barons-of-barossa-winemaker-of-the-year-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/02\/tim-smith-named-barons-of-barossa-winemaker-of-the-year-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Smith named ‘Barons of Barossa’ Winemaker of the Year 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This morning we received an email from Tim Smith (typically modest, as anyone who met him at our October tasting will recognise):<\/p>\n

“Anyone that knows me probably knows I\u2019m not that good at the art of self promotion, but I just wanted to share what was announced yesterday.<\/em>
\nThe Barons of the Barossa \u00a0are our regional fraternity that upholds the values and vision of Barossa winemaking and food culture. Each year they anoint a winemaker and viticulturist based on their individual efforts in maintaining these values.<\/em>
\nApparently I\u2019ve been recognised for doing that, so I was anointed yesterday. I\u2019m led to believe this is a good thing.<\/em>
\nI\u2019m absolutely ecstatic and humbled (and very hungover) after this being officially announced yesterday.”<\/em><\/p>\n

We are delighted for Tim, whose light touch in winemaking has led us back to the Barossa, an area from which we had rather given up hope of finding wines of the drinkability that we are always after, without losing their unique identity.<\/p>\n

You can see more on Facebook<\/strong> and in the\u00a0Barossa Herald<\/strong><\/a>, and you can find Tim’s wines here<\/a>.<\/strong> (A new shipment is due in very soon!).<\/p>\n