Nazaaray

Nazaaray is the trading name of theo f Melbourne's Ghumman family, including a winery and two holiday cottages located on the Mornington Peninsula, southeast of Melbourne, Australia.

Winemaking

The Nazaaray Estate Winery is an exclusive boutique winery in Australia. It is one of the smallest and southern-most vineyards on the Mornington Peninsula.^[1][2] The Mornington Peninsula is one of Australia’s premier cool climate wine regions. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, the two classic Burgundian varieties, are grown on a north facing slope that sits 750 feet above sea level and about 3 kilometres inland. Most of the vine rows run north-south to get maximum exposure to the sun. Traditional Burgundian vineyard management(low yields per vine) wine-making methods including open-vat fermentation are employed in wine production. Vines are spur-pruned by hand in order to further reduce yields thereby intensifying flavours and bouquets. Grapes are hand-picked, and all wine is made and bottled on site. Relatively high rainfall in the area and the deep basalt soil makes irrigation unnecessary and this further accentuates the intensity of the fruit flavours.

Awards

Nazaaray wines have won People's Choice Awards at Federation Square in both 2007 and 2008, and is the favoured wine of Richard Pratt.

Ownership & Management

Nazaaray is an Australian Indian-owned winery.The winemaker, Paramdeep Ghumman is an Indian-born Sikh engineer.^[3][4] The travel and leisure operations are run by his wife, Nirmal Ghumman.^[5]

References

1. ^ "VisitVineyards.com - Nazaaray Estate Winery". Visitvineyards.com. http://www.visitvineyards.com/victoria/mornington-peninsula/wine/vineyards-wineries/info/nazaaray-estate-winery. Retrieved 2008-12-27. 
2. ^ "VisitVineyards.com - Nazaaray Estate - Mornington Peninsula". Visitvineyards.com. http://www.visitvineyards.com/victoria/mornington-peninsula/wine/vineyards-wineries/wine-food-travel-articles/nazaaray-estate-mornington-peninsula. Retrieved 2008-12-27. 
3. ^ Manpreet K Singh. "India Today - India's most widely read magazine". Indiatoday.digitaltoday.in. http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&issueid=81&id=6372&sectionid=20&secid=33&Itemid=1. Retrieved 2008-12-27. 
4. ^ www.Seo-Xpress.com. "Winery Mornington Peninsula Victoria - Pinot Noir Chardonnay Wineries". Nazaaray.com.au. http://www.nazaaray.com.au/nazaarayvineyard.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-27. 
5. ^ "For India-born vigneron, the grapes are sweet! (With Images)". Thaindian.com. http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/for-india-born-vigneron-the-grapes-are-sweet-with-images-with-images_10084394.html. Retrieved 2008-12-27.