Rarely publicised, the mention of K1 is like a secret handshake, provoking reverence or curiosity, depending on the degree of familiarity. If you're one of those in the curious group, just get in the car and check it out for yourself – I guarantee you will become one of the enlightened ...
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It's so refreshing to hear that a cellar door has become so crammed with happy customers that they've had to expand it. That's the case with K1 by Geoff Hardy at Kuitpo in the Adelaide Hills ...
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The Adelaide Hills has no signature grape variety or wine style. There I've said it. The Shiraz is bullied by Barossa, the Sauv Blanc is overshadowed by Marlborough and the Riesling can't hold a candle to Clare. But the Hills might have a new champion variety in Grüner Veltliner ...
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FIFTH-generation descendant of the wine industry pioneer Thomas Hardy, Geoff Hardy has his eyes set firmly on the light at the end of the tunnel. He believes pride in the excellence of the local wine and eliminating a negative focus will help the industry turn the corner ...
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Visiting Kuipto is always a highlight of any South Australian trip for me. Geoff Hardy of the famous wine-producing Hardy family is an effusive host and famous for his 'Barbie' parties at the magnificent K1 winery located along the ridge of the south-west escarpment of the Mount Lofty Ranges ...
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Sunday Life (magazine in the Sun Herald & Sunday Age papers) ran a wine issue on November 23rd which included an article called 'Grape Expectations' about the heirs of some of Australia's wine families. Amy Cooper interviewed some young guns of the industry including Henschkes, McGuigans, Tullochs and Hardy's (page 4), download the article to read more ...
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SINCE starting his viticultural career in McLaren Vale - which seemed a given considering he is a fifth-generation descendant of that region's celebrated wine industry pioneer, Thomas Hardy - Geoff Hardy has pursued the widest possible vinous interests with restless vigour. These include not only owning stakes in several wineries but also planting vineyards across ...
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Boutique, individual and ultra premium and now finalist in the Winestate Wine of the Year Awards in two categories. Firstly in the Winemaker of the Year category and secondly as Wine Company of the year. According to Winestate this places K1 by Geoff Hardy in their top 5 Australian Winemakers for 2007 as well as one of the top 5 wineries for 2007 ...
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What Geoff Hardy has contributed so far to the Australian wine industry is nothing short of amazing. He has consulted to over 100 vineyards in Australia and overseas as well as planting more than 20 vineyards. He was the founder of large scale 'top working' (grafting) to change varieties depending on market demand. In 1979 to 1981 he helped quadruple the South Australian dryland area of Chardonnay through ... { READ ARTICLE }
It was an extraordinary start. The year Geoff Hardy decided to ditch his Geoff Hardy Kuitpo range and relaunch it in an expanded, far more modern fashion, he pulled off a stunning trio of show awards. The 2001 Adelaide Hills Shiraz, $28, took out Best Shiraz, Best Red Wine and Best Wine at the 2003 Adelaide Hills Wines Show. Some new brands get lucky from the start, and this is one of them ... { READ ARTICLE }
The Hills region's top wine gong winner is breaking fresh ground. You can learn a lot about a bloke by taking agood look around his cellar. Geoff Hardy's reflects his appetite for hard work as much as his serious thirst: there, smack in the middle, is a billiard table, with all manner of beauties stacked beneath it. On top, there's a mattress. That's where Dad sneaks off for a sleep when it's too hot and ... { READ ARTICLE }
A warm-region variety has conquered its cool-climate cousins in the Adelaide Hills show, reports TONY LOVE. GEOFF Hardy stalks his impressive acreage of vines at Kuitpo on the very southwestern edge of the Adelaide Hills wine region. Just to the west - way below him, it seems - is McLaren Vale. But he knows better than to lump himself in with that mob - and it's all because of the thermometer he keeps ... { READ ARTICLE }
The Adelaide Hills Wine Region has again demonstrated its versatility by proving the top wine of the 2003 Adelaide Hills Wine Region Show. The 2001 Geoff Hardy K1 Shiraz was awarded wine of the show the first shiraz to wine the trophy in the history of the show. The Geoff Hardy K1 Shiraz win follows the 2001 Wolf Blass Platinum Label Adelaide Hills Shiraz being awarded wine of the show earlier this month at ... { READ ARTICLE }
In 1981 armed with just a pair of secateurs, a few implements and grim determination, Geoff Hardy started his viticultural consulting business. Since the he has built it into one of the biggest wine industry enterprises in the State, employing 110 people. Surprisingly few people inside the industry have much idea of the extent of the Hardy business because of his low-key approach. Aside from the ... { READ ARTICLE }
An outsider from the Adelaide Hills has been voted Australia's best shiraz out of a field of 100. MAX ALLEN, an associate judge at the event, reports. And the winner of the first Qantas Great Australian Shiraz Challenge is ... the Geoff Hardy shiraz from the Kuitpo vineyard. And tying for second place are ... wait a minute. Geoff hardy? We had all heard of Thomas Hardy and Eileen Hardy, but Geoff? And where's Kuitpo? This is meant to be ... { READ ARTICLE }
