Coopers Creek Vineyard still making award-winning wines

ByJulie Biuso 21 August 201830 August 2023 0 Comments

I first met Andrew Hendry – founding co-owner of Coopers Creek Vineyard with wife Cynthia – way back in 1992. I was researching my book The Joy of Good Food and had reached out to wineries for samples to match wines with my recipes. A splendid idea as not only did the food and wine pairing make a useful guide to what goes with what (at the time quite a novel concept), but it ensured I had decent drinking for several months.

Andrew turned up at my place in Northcote Point with a small carton of wine. Choice! I had quite a few winemakers and vineyard owners doing a similar thing over a period of weeks, some with nothing more than a brown paper bag under their arms. I’m not sure what the neighbours thought, and nor did I care. All that lovely wine! But then the reality set in. I had to cook my socks off and try lots of wines with each dish. I think I put on about 5 kg, but I was very very happy. See what wines I matched with ...