2022 Worlds Apart 'Blue Eyes' Gamay Adelaide Hills

Winemaker Notes: A fragrant wine, so light and refreshing. Lovely red cherry fruit and potpourri notes, plus a touch of spice at the back of the throat. The finish has lingerings of salinity. Enjoy this one ever so slightly chilled. Gamay is on the rise in Australia, particularly in the Adelaide Hills. The fruit comes from Sam’s Eureka Vineyard in Woodside, an old gold mine with lots of quartz. The wine was named after Louis and Hannah’s daughter, Zoe, who was born in 2020 with blue eyes, despite neither of her parents having them. They have an electric brightness that lights up your mood just like this ethereally beautiful Gamay.

Louis Schofield of Worlds Apart makes light to medium bodied wines from Southern Australia, inspired by great Burgundies and “cult producers” from Europe and Australia. The handful of varieties he works with, ranging from Nero d’Avola to Riesling, allows for some insurance in the event of bushfires, an all-too-common occurrences these days, and it gives Louis many different canvases on which to paint. His wines represent the best of Australia’s lighter, easy-drinking sippers.