Welcoming Bowerbird to the Vinify Portfolio

As far as winemaking careers go, Kirilly Gordon’s impressive scoreboard boasts many accomplishments in Europe and closer to home in Macedon and around Victoria. A world pandemic saw her return home in 2021 to work at the vineyard where it all started, the illustrious Bindi, where she spent formative years learning about grape growing. Though, it’s her own label, Bowerbird Wines, which has caught our attention.  

Kirilly’s inspired focus on Nebbiolo, Shiraz and Viognier has been capturing wine drinkers’ imagination since 2016. Her then newfound love for Condrieu, along with her friendship with fellow vigneron Christina Gillies of Rupert’s Ridge Vineyard, compelled, challenged her even, to make her first Viognier. Since then, her wines have earned her a spot among the region’s top emerging winemakers who are reshaping the winemaking landscape with their refreshing vision for the future. These are made uncompromisingly and with cutting-edge precision, which puts them right at the top of wine lists.  

Sourcing fruit from one of the state’s most celebrated sites that supplies precious material to winemaking luminaries of our times, Kirilly is driven partly by intuition and feel, partly by science. However, her close relationship with growers is the overriding factor in the pristine quality of the wines she produces from their sites.  

It’s our greatest pleasure to include Bowerbird Wines in our Victoria portfolio and with that, continue to build and strengthen bonds with our customers, thanks to this small yet characterful selection of wines from the great Victoria gold country.  

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Vaite Teriierooiterai – Master of Wine Business, AWAC and WSET Diploma candidate