Swish Wine owners Russell and Katrina Leslie are proud to announce the purchase of Wandin Valley Estate in the heart of the beautiful Lovedale region of the Hunter Valley.

If nothing else, the Copenhagen Summit has given us all cause to reflect on what is happening to our climate. The Summit has encouraged us to consider how we, as individuals and businesses, can work together to reduce the impact, and severity, of what seems to be a minimum increase in temperature of two degrees Celsius by 2050.

Wandin Valley has had an exceptional year on the wine show circuit. Between only eight wines, we were awarded a total of two trophies, nine gold medals and a swag of silver and bronze medals. These outstanding results are summarised here:

As well as receiving a 4 ½ Stars 2010 James Halliday Winery Rating Wandin Valley Wines has won many medals and high praise in the press.

Jancis Robinson, the world's leading wine critic, recently wrote an article on Australian wine in the Financial Times. Her piece was fairly scathing to say the least.

Looking at it from a ‘workers’ point of view all I can say is WE SURVIVED! As a first timer, I had a preconceived idea of what to expect... what a massive underestimation on my part. This is truly a huge weekend!