Yering Station recently took the Fifteen team up into the Yarra Valley for a crash course in wine making. Under the guidance of Penny (Brand Manager) and Tom (Head Winemaker) we journeyed into the depths of the vineyard, picking pinot noir grapes and enjoyed the surrounding scenery. Next we got down and dirty with some good old fashioned grape stomping!

This starts the fermentation process but also brought out the inner child in us – exploding into a full scale grape throwing war. Once we cleaned up, Penny led us through an amazing wine tasting followed by an impressive lunch. Yering Station (part of the Rathbone Wine Group) are going to finish producing and bottling the Rose for us under the Fifteen label – This will be available in the restaurant from September 2007 and all profits will be going to the Fifteen Foundation!!

Fifteen Melbourne is the first group to be involved with making
their own wine so we are all really chuffed. A big thanks to our resident wine dude – Dan Sims and everyone at Yering Station for hosting such a special day and for their ongoing support…