Page 22 www.lux-review.com LUXlife Food & Drink Awards 2022 Oct22270 Selling wine all over Australia to bring the delicious taste of the Great Southern Wine Producing Area to a wider audience, Rockcliffe Winery & Gelataria produces all manner of different wines to the highest possible standard. Nominally, sold so widely and exported to a select few other locations, it has been able to make a name for itself by working with exporters, distributors, government agencies, cellar door customers, liquor stores, and restaurants, through which it has reached all manner of end customers. Striving to use the best equipment, operated by the most dedicated and committed winemakers and cellar staff, Rockcliffe truly spares no expense when it comes to ensuring its products are the best of the best, and its team are a huge part of making this happen. Thus, despite the previous challenges the company have faced regarding distributor changes and sales controls changes, it has been able to grow and improve significantly, with a marketing office now open in Fremantle and a designated marketing professional on With its vineyards having been planted over 30 years ago, Rockcliffe Winery & Gelataria as a company has grown alongside the very land it creates its products from. Located in one of Australia’s most prestigious wine production regions in the South of the country, the climate, soil type, and amount of arable land make it somewhat of a breadbasket, and somewhere that Rockcliffe Winery and Gelataria is proud to say it calls home. Rockcliffe Winery & Gelataria Winery of the Year 2022 - WA & Best Australian Cabernet Sauvignon: 2018 Nautica Cabernet Sauvignon the team who is behind the development of the brand. Critically, this has been hugely important to the growth of the company as – in a world where digital footprint and online reputation are becoming more pivotal than ever – it has been able to keep up with newer and younger companies who may have an easier time achieving this. In this way, it is indeed true that an old dog can learn new tricks. With a freshly bolstered reputation and a renewed dedication to keeping itself at the head of the pack, this small but highly motivated group of winery professionals hold each other to the highest standards, and each operate with passion as their lifeblood. Through its website, a modern and freshlooking platform, it can take a client through the vast range of different wines that it offers, showing them through the offerings of the ‘beautiful Great Southern James Halliday’ facility that it has created as its flagship and home base. Indeed, the winery itself is a fivered-stars facility, meaning it is in the bracket of Australia’s top 10 wineries and has earned itself accreditation as such; customers don’t need to just take its word for it, it also has the awards and pedigree to back it up. Having maintained this status for 7 consecutive years, the pride that comes from these achievements has further emboldened Rockcliffe’s push towards an innovative and bright future. Producing different ranges of wines under its name and operating as a modern contract winery business above all else, it makes its clients a promise when they come to it to purchase wine for sale or direct consumption. Fundamentally, this promise is a guarantee that each bottle will retain the integrity of the grower’s grape variety. Wine and reputation – two concepts that are inextricably interlinked – are maintained, enhanced, cherished, and champions, and are never compromised; the effort it consistently makes to ensure this remains the case is second-to-none. With the new landmark achievements pouring in, it hopes that it can continue to go above and beyond the call of duty in serving its clients. Indeed, this was the attitude it maintained towards the celebration of its 20th birthday, taking it as an opportunity to give thanks to the market’s buyers, peers, and enthusiasts, all of whom make its business both possible and a true pleasure to run. It did this by hosting a series of luxury celebrations in Perth in the same year as its birthday, taking its Denmark origins and mingling this with the traditions and excellence of its new home country of Australia in order to fine tune itself to the customer base in Perth. The result of this was service with a renewed vigour and increased brand awareness. Invaluable insights having been gained, many of the resulting learning that it accomplished
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