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Home Delivery of Hunter Valley Wine - Foates Ridge Boutique Wines - Verdelho/Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot/Chardonnay
Description
Foate's Ridge was founded in 1991 with the purchase of farm land in Fordwich, five minutes from the township of Broke in the lower Hunter Valley.
The first 5 acres of Chardonnay was planted in 1992 and the first vintage of Foate's Ridge Chardonnay made in 1994. A further 5 acres of Chardonnay, as well as 5 acres of Verdelho, were planted in 1995. The first vintage from these new blocks was in 1997.
During 2000, 6 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon and 1 acre of Merlot were planted on the red volcanic slope. The Merlot plantings were extended by a further 5 acres in 2001.
