Rockbare McLaren Vale wines are promoted with moody rock-star-type pictures of winemakers and growers, all very cool. The wines within are honest, regional types, natural and unforced by artefact or oak. Ralph Kyte-Powell The Age/Uncorked - 18 January, 2005
Winemaker Tim Burvill makes it sound so easy: "Shiraz wines from this region pretty much make themselves. Find the oldest, gnarliest vines possible, crop them low, nurture the wine through ferment and then in oak for a year or so". Presto - Paddy Kendlar Herald Sun - 18 January, 2005
Tim Burvill, winemaker is a perfectionist, a passionate but patient one in his quest to craft the perfect Shiraz. I think he’s getting very close. Paul Ippolito Talks Wine -