Howard Anderson - 40 years of making Sparkling Wines - 1971 - 2011

Posted February 9, 2011

Howard Anderson started in the wine industry fresh out of high school, as a trainee winemaker for a family winery in Griffith in 1964. He then got a job as winemaker with Seppelt at their Griffith winery, and was transferred to their Great Western winery in 1971. It was here that his long history ...

Anderson winery sparkles

Posted November 10, 2010

The results for the inaugural Australian Sparkling Wine Competition were announced last week. Amongst the 4 Gold medals awarded was a relatively unknown, small family owned winery, hidden away in Rutherglen in North east Victoria – Anderson Winery. The other 3 Gold medal winners are high profile pr...

Anderson dominates Table wine classes at Rutherglen Wine Show

Posted September 26, 2010

If there was a trophy for the 'Most Successful Rutherglen Winery in Table wine classes' at the Rutherglen Wine Show, Anderson Winery would have romped it in this year. They topped (or equal topped) 6 classes, and came second to 5 trophies. For table wines Anderson won 3 Gold medals, 3 Silver medal...

Who needs flowers when you've got buds like these?!

Posted September 15, 2010

In late August / early September, fields around Rutherglen burst into vibrant yellow - the canola crop's happy declaration to the coming of Spring. The days start to lengthen - it's not dark anymore when we get home from work!  The birds start singing. The wattles flower. It's spring!...

Introducing the Anderson "Verrier" range - The story

Posted June 5, 2010

The story starts in France before the 1789 revolution. Dr Verrier and his wife were well-off, and anticipating trouble ahead, they fled to Dover, England. This meant abandoning their son's education, and due to their reduced finances in England, instead of becoming a doctor like his father, he ended...