Australia’s First Families of Wines: Feast with the Burch Family of Howard Park
Words by The Burch Family on 6 Jul 2018
As wine pioneers of Western Australia, we have been making wine in the Margaret River and Great Southern regions since 1986. At Howard Park, we have an uncompromising commitment to quality and a focus on crafting wines that are not only expressive of the region’s terroir, but are flavoursome, balanced, elegant and subtle. We’ve been making a Sauvignon Blanc Semillon for years, but we have some special parcels of Sauv Blanc in our Margaret River vineyards and we wanted to see what they looked like as a stand-alone wine. They looked great, so the 2017 Miamup is the first vintage of this release. Our favourite meal to have with this wine is Malaysian roasted spiced chicken with peanut sauce (Ayam Percik) – there’s something about the crisp acidity of Sauv Blanc from WA. It’s generous and warm and pairs well with many Asian dishes, ideally with a bit of spice. "When our extended family gets together the discussions are fantastic, a mix of current affairs, memories and gentle mocking. Someone usually says something controversial – mostly it’s Nana, she’s 93 this year." Richard Burch