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This pack is the perfect introduction to the beautifully crafted wines of Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown.
Husband-and-wife pair Tessa Brown and Jeremy Schmolzer craft elegant, pure, detailed wines from Beechworth and surrounds. This pack takes you from white to red with each wine as delicious, smashable and thought-provoking as the last.
- 2025 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Pret A Blanc
- 2025 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Beechworth Riesling
- 2025 Vignerons Schmölzer & Brown King Valley Fiano
- 2024 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Pret A Rouge
- 2025 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Village Nebbiolo
- 2025 Vignerons Schmölzer & Brown Beechworth Merlot
2025 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Pret A Blanc
Tessa Brown and Jeremy Schmolzer have a knack for making wines that are just flat-out delicious to drink, and the Pret-a-Blanc is the perfect example. It is their riff on the Austrian Gemischter Satz style - a traditional Viennese field blend originally designed to mitigate risk in the vineyard, but loved today for its freshness and versatility.
Sourced from the cool Upper King Valley, the 2025 release brings together four varieties: Pinot Gris, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Sylvaner. It’s a textural mix where the varieties fill in each other's gaps. The Riesling provides the cut and drive, the Pinot Gris adds a bit of weight and gloss, while the Sauvignon Blanc and Sylvaner bring the aromatics and spice.
It is crisp, dry and totally charming. This is the ultimate all-rounder in their range - a wine that feels just as at home alongside a roast chicken as it does flying solo on a Tuesday night.
2025 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Beechworth Riesling
Tessa Brown and Jeremy Schmolzer have been making some of the most compelling white wines in the high country for some time, and this 2025 release is a perfect example of their clever blending.
They’ve married fruit from the tiny Palmer vineyard up in Stanley with a portion of their own Thorley site. By waiting for a more generous level of ripeness before picking and running the juice into larger, neutral oak - more akin to a German Riesling - they completely skip the screechy, austere style that can turn people off some local Riesling.
The wine has a lovely, unforced texture from plenty of time spent on its yeast lees. You get quiet, subtle floral aromas upfront, but the real joy is the weight across the palate. It feels broad and gently rounded, showing a distinctly dry, gravelly character that cleans up the finish beautifully.
As always with VS&B, this is a masterclass in detail, texture and refreshment. Brilliant winemaking.
2025 Vignerons Schmölzer & Brown King Valley Fiano
Tessa Brown once upon a time made some Fiano for the Chalmers family, so it's great to see her take on the variety once again under her family label. This King Valley release, sourced from the Corsini family, is a textbook example of why she loves the grape: it’s resilient, holds its acid beautifully in the heat, and takes to skin contact and old oak like a champ.
The 2025 vintage in the King Valley was pretty classic, benefiting from a long, moderate ripening period that allowed for fantastic flavour development. There’s a superb textural element here - it’s got a bit of "chew" and a slip of satin on the palate, carrying flavours of nashi pear, hay, and a distinct tonic water edge. It’s not just a simple fruity white; there’s a savoury, umami depth and a twist of saline minerals that make it excellent drinking.
We love the tension in this wine. It balances that rich, leesy breadth with a punchy, phenolic grip on the finish. It’s refreshing and intense in all the right places, making it an absolute winner for those who want a bit more "stuff" in their glass without losing that crisp, crunchy drinkability.
2024 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Pret A Rouge
Tessa Brown and Jeremy Schmolzer have a knack for making complex Beechworth fruit feel completely effortless. The Pret-à-Rouge is their ultimate "don't think too hard" wine - a blend of Shiraz, Pinot Noir, and Sangiovese that shouldn't make sense but absolutely does. It’s built for early drinking and versatility, nailing the brief every year.
The 2024 release comes from a warmer, lower-cropping season, giving the wine a cheerful mix of red and blue fruits. Think macerated blackberries and cherries with a nice little hit of oregano-like herbage. While it’s incredibly approachable and succulent, it still carries that classic Beechworth savoury length and structure.
We’ve followed this label since day one and it remains the best place to start if you’re new to these rising stars of Victorian wine. It’s fresh, crunchy, and designed to be enjoyed right now.
2025 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Village Nebbiolo
Tessa and Jeremy have a lot of belief in the potential of Nebbiolo in the high-altitude country around Beechworth. While their flagship home-block bottles show off the intense alpine end of the spectrum, this Village release leans into a friendlier, regional style. The fruit comes from Rex Lucas's secluded patch of 1998 vines in Wooragee, sitting up at 450 metres on straight granitic soils.
It catches your attention straight away with a fragrance that sets it apart from more heavy-handed styles. It completely skips the traditional dark tar characters, opting instead for a bright mix of dried citrus rind, a handful of fresh red petals, and a core of tart, crunchy red berries. It is aromatic, incredibly pretty, and completely unpretentious.
It’s a delicious, exciting red that proves this notoriously stubborn grape has a massive future in the high country. Another home run for this winemaking dynamic duo!
2025 Vignerons Schmölzer & Brown Beechworth Merlot
Tessa Brown and Jeremy Schmolzer aren't usually the types to tinker with Bordeaux varieties, but when the chance to snag the final crop of Merlot from the iconic Star Lane site came up, they couldn't say no. Since those vines have already been grafted over to Chardonnay, this 2025 release is a genuine one-off for the label.
The goal here was "luncheon claret" - a style that prioritises pure fruit and a lighter touch over heavy oak or extraction. It’s an honest, unforced expression of the variety, showing plenty of those classic plum and blue fruit notes in a frame that’s built for immediate drinking rather than the cellar.
It feels very much like a classic Schmolzer & Brown mid-weight red - fresh, bright, and incredibly easy to get through. It’s a bit of a bittersweet release knowing it’s the only time we’ll see it, but it’s a cracking way for these vines to go out.
| Price Bracket | $31 to $40 |
| Country | Australia |
| Size | 6 |
Vignerons Schmölzer & Brown
Tessa and Jeremy in Thorley vineyard - Beechworth, VIC Vignerons Schmölzer & Brown
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