Please note our opening hours for the Christmas period.
Closed: – 25th December through to 27th December
28th December to 31st December open 11am to 4pm
Closed 1st and 2nd January
3rd Janurary we return to normal opening hours.
John Kosovich Wines is a family owned and operated winery located in Western Australia’s Swan Valley. We focus on quality boutique wines, which has been a hallmark of our brand for many years. Established in 1922, we are one of the oldest wineries operating in the Swan Valley and the oldest still run by the founding family.
Please visit us in our unique underground cellar tasting area, situated just 15 minutes drive along Great Northern Highway from Midland, approximately 35 minutes from Perth city. Here visitors get to walk past and enjoy the aroma of our luscious liqueur wines slowly and carefully ageing in barrels, before going downstairs to enter our tasting area and sample our fine premium wine range.
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2024 Halliday Wine Companion Awards
ABOUT HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION AWARDS
Every year, the Halliday Wine Companion Tasting Team pinpoint the nation’s top wines, winemakers, viticulturists and wineries from a pool of several thousand featured in the annual Halliday Wine Companion guide. Founder James Halliday, together with Campbell Mattinson, Dave Brookes, Jane Faulkner, Jeni Port, Mike Bennie, Ned Goodwin MW, Philip Rich and Shanteh Wale, cherry-pick the high performers from a range of criteria to offer a true representation of Australia’s greatest names in wine. The Awards are one of the most anticipated events on the Australian drinks calendar.
We are beyond thrilled to have been awarded ‘Best Other White Wine or Blend’ at the 2024 Halliday Wine Awards dinner in Melbourne on 2nd August for our newly released 2018 John Kosovich Bottle Aged Chenin Blanc.
In such a strong line up of contenders, we are simply blown away. The wine achieved an incredible score of 98 points in this years #HallidayWineCompanion
This wine is a culmination of years of hard work beginning with the legacy of Ivan who purchased the property in the Swan Valley in 1922, planting the first vines and building our underground cellar. It was John in the 1950’s who took over and realised that table wines were the way of the future rather than sherry and claret styles. The Chenin Blanc vines were amongst the first replantings in 1962 along with Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz.
2018 was a great year in the Swan Valley and the Chenin fruit for this wine was hand harvested in February, gently pressed and cold fremented before being left on fine lees in stainless steel for 6 months prior to bottling. The wine was then put away to develop the lovely toasty lime and honesuckle characters that this variey is renowned for. We waited patiently for five years prior to releasing the wine in July 2023.
Opening Hours
Our cellar door is open Wednesday to Monday 10.30am to 4.30pm
Groups of 8 or more by appointment, please phone 9296 4356
Our business office hours are Monday and Wednesday to Friday 10.30am to 4.30pm
Please note, we are 100 years old, and many of our facilities have been here for quite some time, therefore our tasting area is not suited for people with accessibility issues. However we welcome you to phone us and discuss alternate arrangements for tastings through our contacts page.Contact – John Kosovich Wines
WARNING:
Under the Liquor Control act 1988 it is an offence:
to sell or supply liquor to a person under the age of 18 years on licensed or regulated premises; or
for a person under the age of 18 years to purchase, or attempt to purchase, liquor on licensed or regulated premises.
Licence number 6180046532 Liquor Control Act 1988 PRODUCERS License.
Licensee: John Alfred Kosovich, 180 Memorial Avenue Baskerville WA 6056