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  2019 Young Gun of Wine - First Drop Danger Zone Award  Wow what a whirlwind experience to say the least! Dirt Candy has been awarded its first major trophy...

Our first release for 2018 "The Renegade" is a unique, aromatic Traminer grown in the Hunter Valley, NSW.  Each vintage we plan to create a limited release wine (or two, or three...

Our newest release "The Wild One" is a classic medium bodied, Hunter Valley Shiraz Cabernet.  Picking a name in honour of our son was by far the easiest - it couldn't...

Introducing "The Natural", a 100% organic Riesling from beautiful Orange. From the outset the naming of our 100% organic Riesling, "The Natural" is obvious... organic = natural! But the name is...

Early on we knew that we wanted the name of our wines to have meaning - to tell a story either about the wine itself or the person who is the...

Our family loves a Sunday night pizza. With lazy afternoons spent at home, Sunday is the perfect day to take a little extra time to create our pizza bases from scratch....

Is there anything better on a chilly night that a glass of mulled wine? Mulled wine is a spiced hot wine cocktail with many variations but this one is our favourite. It is deliciously...

We are very excited to welcome our little wine label into the world. The idea for Dirt Candy was suggested by Daniel after consuming one too many cocktails in a...