Bancroft news from Down Under: Australia Day bottled

In the lead up to next weeks' Australia day tasting and a day of celebration for all our antipodean cousins, here's a round up of latest news from our four prestigious producers:

Ten Minutes by Tractor, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria

Still considered one of the top Estates on the Peninsula, Ten Minutes by Tractor is an emblem of quality in terms of cooler climate, quality Pinot Noir and Chardonnay that comes out of Oz. Ten Minutes by Tractor will be featured as part of Roger Jones' from the Harrow at Little Bedwyn mini-feasts as part of Restaurant Australia, with the 10x Pinot Noir 2012 being matched to fillets of seared venison and puy lentils. We challenge you not to fall in love. Anthony Rose did recently in his review of the 10x in The Independent: 'This is a voluptuously savoury Aussie pinot noir from Victoria's Mornington Peninsula'

Something for the Weekend: Ten Minutes by Tractor in the Independent

Anthony Rose recommends our Ten Minutes by Tractor 10x Pinot Noir in last weekend's Independent.

Read the full article here.

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2013 Ten Minutes by Tractor Pinot Noir

This is a voluptuously savoury Aussie Pinot Noir from Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. £25.95-£29.95, The Wine Library, The Wine Tasting Shop, Oxford Wine Co.

Martin Spedding from Ten Minutes by Tractor will be attending the Wines of Australia annual Australia Day tasting on the 27th January at Lindley Hall. Come and visit us there, also with Schild Estate. We will be on tables 13 and 14.

Bancroft Wines at Australia Day Tasting

Yesterday Team Bancroft set up camp at Lindley Hall in London for the Annual Australia Day Tasting. In the company of over 1000 different wines we were accompanied by bottles of our own from Australia's family-run Schild Estate in the Barossa Valley and Martin Spedding presenting his wines as guest of honour from the Mornington Peninsula's iconic Ten Minutes by Tractor.