GKLR

01/09/2026

Hello spring. Hello budburst ☀️🌱

17/07/2026

Have you tried our Nebbiolo? Our current vintage is the first we ever picked from our Nebbiolo block and we are so stoked with the depth of flavour, it’s pretty nose and grippy tannins.

And it’s not just us who love it!

🏅95 points and a Gold Medal in the Heathcote Wine Show
✨Featured in the Top 26 Victorian Red Wines to try this winter in Trusted news for Victoria by Kara Monssen
🥈91 points in Halliday Wine Companion
❤️‍🔥 Included in Young Gun of Wine “Australia’s Best Nebbiolo”

Available on our website and wholesale through Vintage Wine Co

24/06/2026

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This fortnight's edition of the Waranga News is now available online.

www.wnews.org.au/awards-for-local-vineyards/

24/06/2026

We finally have a wine club! 🎊

We're excited to finally launch our wine club!

GKLR and Kennedy Vintners have decided to join forces and have one wine club housed under one roof, The Bank Cellar Door.

It's free to sign-up and you'll get benefits such as:
🍷 Up to 20% off wine purchases all year round - in your pack, at cellar door and online
🍷 Wine deliveries every 6 months
🍷 You pick and choose wines to your taste every delivery
🍷 Complimentary tastings at cellar door when we open
🍷 Free Shipping throughout Australia on all orders
🍷 Access to exclusive members only events

Join us as a member today: https://gklr.wine/pages/wine-club

P.S. Please note we’ll be taking a short break over the school holidays, so orders made after Friday will be packed when we’re back in a couple of weeks 📦

18/06/2026

So much fun! 🥰

17/06/2026

Well that was fun!! We were so shocked and honoured to win New Vineyard of the Year for Young Gun of Wine last night. It was wonderful to celebrate and share the day with so many progressive and passionate growers, at a time when our industry faces a mountain of challenges. A huge thanks to Rory, Max Allen and the YGOW team, not only for putting on a great night, but for showcasing Australian producers young and old, big and small through these awards.

This year marks 10 years since we bought our block in Colbinabbin, 8 years since we started to plant our vineyard and 2 years since we launched our own wine label. 32 hectares of vines and 2 beautiful boys later it’s fair to say it’s been a very full and fun decade.

It’s so nice to have our hard work recognised and to take a moment to celebrate. Not for too long though, we were back in our beautiful vineyard this afternoon with some extra silverware!

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17/06/2026

We won!! 🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊

At the 6th annual Vineyard of the Year Awards, the New Vineyard of the Year award goes to Gerard Kennedy and Barney Tuohey of GKLR Vineyard in Heathcote, Victoria.

Behind every great vineyard is a great partnership. ‘GKLR’ stands for Gerard Kennedy and Lucy Runnalls – and this 32-hectare Heathcote property is very much a family project, built from the ground up, together. Before planting a single vine, Kennedy – a trained geologist – commissioned electromagnetic surveys and grid soil sampling across the entire site. Rootstocks were then matched to what the data revealed. Varieties were chosen for where the climate is heading, not where it has been.

GKLR Vineyard sits on a narrow strip of 550-million-year-old Cambrian geology in Heathcote – one of the most distinctive soils in the country. Here Kennedy and co-grower Barney Tuohey tend to shiraz, fiano, sangiovese, nero d’avola, nebbiolo and piedirosso across 32 hectares – managed at the level of the individual row. There are six clones of sangiovese alone, across three blocks on three soil types. East-west row orientation was introduced in 2023 to shield fruit from harsh afternoon sun – during a recent three-day stretch above 40 degrees, the difference was immediately obvious.

“We practice precision viticulture to grow better quality fruit at the row level, not vineyard level,” says Kennedy. Recognising that precision – across geology, variety and clone, and technology – is exactly why the Vineyard of the Year Awards exist. GKLR represents the face of contemporary Australian viticulture – and the future for Australian winegrowing is bright.

10/05/2026

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28/04/2026

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23/04/2026

✨NEW WINE ALERT✨
We’re excited to release our 2025 Syrah Sangiovese, best served as a chilled red. Perfect for these sunny autumn days. Order online now

https://gklr.wine/products/2025-syrah-sangiovese