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Halliday Wine Companion: Breaking ground for innovation in the Hunter Valley

September 26, 2022Around the Vineyard, Our Achievements, Our Cellar Door, Our News, Our Vineyard

The Hunter Valley is know for producing high-quality, traditional and consistent wines, but there's a new wave of producers pushing the boundaries to deliver wines of innovation, too. The Hunter Valley is a region that has built its reputation around relatively traditional winemaking, signature varieties, family values, and doing what’s been perceived as 'what the Hunter does...

Our 2020 Estate Shiraz – Buy of the Week from Huon Hooke at The Real Review

September 20, 2022Our Achievements, Our News, Our Wines

De Iuliis Shiraz 2020, Hunter Valley, AUD $25 Mike De Iuliis and his team have somehow come up with a red from the disastrous Hunter smoke-affected vintage of 2020, and it’s a beauty. The colour is deep, dense red-purple and there are reserved aromas of blackberry, earth and a twist of black pepper, the palate...

Cellar door guests hold at glass of shiraz at the De Iuliis Hunter Valley winery

Salt Magazine: Get Amongst the Vines

September 20, 2022Our News

Steve Leszczynski, wine writer & critic as well as all round top bloke took a trip to the Hunter to discover the hidden gems among the vines. You can read the entire article over at Salt Magazine. Australia's oldest continuous wine producing region, the Hunter Valley, dates back to the 1820's. Less than an hour...

Hunter Valley Winemaker Mike De Iuliis and his Dad Joss De iuliis celebrate in a vineyard with the groodle Lucy

Hunter Valley Magazine: Keeping it sustainable, the future of winemaking

September 10, 2022Our Achievements, Our Cellar Door, Our News, Our Vineyard, Pecorino

De Iuliis Wines again took out the Best Red Wine of Show for the third year running at the Hunter Valley Wine Show. In addition to producing the Hunter Valley’s best Shiraz, they were also awarded a further three trophies and have been recognised as the 2022 Hunter Valley Cellar Door of the Year. De...

Hunter Coastal Lifestyle: Shirazamataz

September 2, 2022Our News

If Semillon is the queen of the Valley, then Shiraz is our king. So let’s worship at the shrine of our favourite red grape, which makes the best kind of savoury, mid-weight, food-friendly Aussie classics. The chewy, sweaty-saddle wines of the past are long forgotten, replaced by supple, vibrant, modern styles fashioned by a new(ish)...

Celebrating top Dad jokes and above-average fatherly advice this Father’s Day

September 1, 2022Our News

We are a family-owned and operated business, and working with family can either make or break you. So in celebration of this fact, and that it's Fathers Day in a couple of days, we sat Mike down to chat about fatherhood. In true Mike fashion, we got some above-average advice on his most important role,...

Tyrrell’s, De Iuliis and Brokenwood lead awards charge at the 2022 Hunter Valley Wine Show

August 24, 2022Our News

Tyrrell's and De Iuliis grabbed the champion white and red titles in last week's 2022 Hunter Valley Wine Show, but Brokenwood was also on the money with major trophy and gold medal awards. Among its four trophies, the De Iuliis family wine company took the Doug Seabrook Trophy for the best red wine of...

Four times the glory for De Iuliis Wines at the 2022 Hunter Valley Wine Show

August 20, 2022Our Achievements, Our Cellar Door, Our News, Our Wines

De Iuliis Wines, known throughout the Hunter Valley wine industry for their highly awarded wines took home four trophies at the 2022 Hunter Valley Wine Show. The star of the show was undoubtedly the 2019 Limited Release Shiraz which won the prestigious trophy for the Best Red Wine of Show. This is the third year...

Our 2023 Halliday Wine Companion Results

August 4, 2022Our Achievements, Our Events, Our News, Our Vineyard, Our Wines

With the 2023 Halliday Wine Companion results just released we are thrilled to maintain our 5 Red Star underlined status. This means we are considered an outstanding winery regularly producing wines of exemplary quality and typicity. The red underline means we have a long track record of excellence, having held a 5-star rating continuously for...

Winemaker Mike De Iuliis samples red shiraz wine

Limited Release Vertical Tasting with Mike

July 28, 2022Our Cellar Door, Our News, Our Wines

Our Limited Release Shiraz is only made in great vintages where the fruit quality is exceptional. Only the best barrels make the selection process and it can be from our range of single vineyard blocks. Last month Mike sat down with the Selector team to discover the drops of De Iuliis over a twenty-year time…

Join the Grain Store for the launch of ‘The Sunday City Cellar Door Pop-Up’

July 22, 2022Our News

The Grain Store in Newcastle East is transforming into The Grape Store and bringing the best of the Hunter in a fun-filled afternoon. Join Mike from De Iuliis, Thommo from Thomas Wines and Angus from Vinden on Sunday 21st August. You'll get to enjoy 3 wines from each winery, a gourmet cheese board for your...

Hunter Valley winemaker Mike De Iuliis has fun with a glass of red wine

Selector Magazine: Hunting Heritage

July 19, 2022Our Achievements, Our News

This year, De Iuliis - one of the Hunter Valley's most celebrated producers - turns 20. Despite its relative youth, it has achieved a great deal, proving that while the Hunter makers less than 3% of this country's wine, quality and character outweigh quantity any day of the week. Wine is a living chemical symphony...