Agricola Vintners: A stake has been planted

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Callum Powell's Agricola Vintners is not only one of the Barossa Valley's best shiraz producers, but is important to the reputation of the Barossa and Eden Valley regions.

One of the great joys in my wine life is when I open up the Winefront page and one of Gary (Walsh), Mike (Bennie) or Kasia (Sobiesiak) have really let rip on a set of wines, such was their love for what appeared in the glass(es) before them. There was such a moment yesterday, when Mike Bennie reviewed the 2023 releases of Callum Powell, aka Agricola Vintners. We are watching a star being born here. Callum Powell was raised in the Barossa; he knows the Barossa and Eden lands, and their peoples, as well as any; both his local landscape and the world at large are now quite clearly his oyster. Mike’s been across Callum Powell’s Agricola wines, on The Winefront, since 2019, but these 2023 releases really seem to be landmark stuff. Read these reviews. A stake has been planted.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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