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Guy and Emma Bowley have established a vineyard in Jamestown in the Southern Flinders Ranges wine region known as Belalie Bend, as of (2004) we started our own production of varietal wines. Our volumes will increase over the next few years as all our vines come online as we planted over a three year period. At the moment we are working hard on tourism to this area and hope that one day this region will have some wines of note.
Our Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc are Jamestown's first locally grown white wine grape varieties. The Belalie Bend vineyard is only 3km North of the Jamestown township. Our vineyard's altitude is 515m or 1690feet helps to produce cool nights to preserve the grapes acidity and ensure a more balanced wine. Guy and Emma use biologically sound and environmentally sustainable practices. Belalie Bend vines have been grown from cuttings taken in the Clare Valley, varieties include Riesling, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Mataro, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscat.
Emma Bowley is the winemaker and has
been trained at Charles Sturt University. After working
for the big wine companies and overseas (USA
and Italy), Emma decided to move to the
smaller wineries where she could really 'make' wine.
Emma also works as a contract
winemaker for a winery in the Clare Valley where she
has produced many multi award winning
wines.
