David Lowe (winemaker)
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David Lowe (born 1958) is an Australian winemaker who has held various wine industry positions, including President of the New South Wales wine Industry Association;{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2010/s2888545.htm|title = ABC Rural|website = Australian Broadcasting Corporation| date=31 July 2023 }} Vice President of the Winemakers' Federation of Australia;http://www.firstpress.com.au/wine-news/templates/Trade-News.aspx?articleid=3816&zoneid=9 member of the strategic NSW Ministers' Wine Advisory Council, and President of the Mudgee Wine Grape Growers Association.
In 2013 the NSW Minister for Agriculture awarded David the Graham Gregory Award for his contribution to the NSW Wine Industry.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/news/all/2013/david-lowe-wins |title=Mudgee's David Lowe wins Graham Gregory trophy | NSW Department of Primary Industries |access-date=26 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224816/http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/aboutus/news/all/2013/david-lowe-wins |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} Following this, in February 2014, Wine Communicators of Australia awarded David Lowe the inaugural 2014 Legend of the Vine Award.{{Cite web |url=http://www.winecommunicators.com.au/News/Blog/David-Lowe-announced-Legend-of-the-Vine.aspx?detect_nr=1 |title=Wine Communicators of Australia |access-date=26 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301213847/http://www.winecommunicators.com.au/News/Blog/David-Lowe-announced-Legend-of-the-Vine.aspx?detect_nr=1 |archive-date=1 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}
History
David Lowe is a descendant of the magistrate Robert Lowe,{{Cite book|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lowe-robert-2375|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography|chapter=Lowe, Robert (1783–1832)|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University}} who was granted 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) in the parish of Bringelly, New South Wales in 1812 and is believed to be the first British settler in the area.
David Lowe attended Hurlstone Agricultural High School in Sydney. In 1979 he graduated from Roseworthy Agricultural College in South Australia with a Bachelor of Science (Oenology).{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
Winemaking
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After graduation he was appointed Assistant Winemaker at Rothbury Estate in the Hunter Valley. David subsequently became Chief Winemaker and Group Vineyard Manager for Rothbury Estate where he worked closely with Len Evans and Murray Tyrrell.Max Allen Crush, Hardie Grant Books, 2000, p.97 David Lowe left Rothbury Estate in 1991.
In 2000 David Lowe established his winery on Tinja Lane in Mudgee, New South Wales.'Some of my best friends are Winemakers', Gilbert Wahlquist,2008, p.141 {{ISBN|978-0-646-48925-4}}
The 2003 Lowe Reserve Zinfandel was awarded the Best Zinfandel trophy at the 2005 International Wine Challenge and the following vintage, the 2004 won a gold medal at the 2006 Challenge.
In 2010 Lowe Wines merged with Louee Wines from Rylstone, New South Wales.{{Cite web|url=http://chrisshanahan.com/articles/2011/wine-review-alinga-louee-wines-and-mckellar-ridge/|title = Chris Shanahan: Wine review — Alinga, Louee Wines and McKellar Ridge| date=27 February 2011 }}James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2012, Hardie Grant Books 2011, p. 400
Lowe's 2009 Zinfandel was awarded the 'Red Wine of the Show' and the 'Wine of the Show' at the 2011 Australia / New Zealand Organic Wine Show.{{Cite web |url=http://www.organicwineshow.com.au/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112134018/http://www.organicwineshow.com.au/ |archive-date=12 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}
See also
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External links
- [http://www.lowewines.com.au Lowe Wines Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515054107/http://lowewines.com.au/ |date=15 May 2011 }}
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Category:Australian winemakers
Category:People educated at Hurlstone Agricultural High School