Buy a bottle of very good McLaren Vale shiraz under a pink capsule during August and you'll help fund cancer research.
Mr. Riggs Wine Company has sponsored the Flinders Foundation, a South Australian organisation dedicated to supporting medical health research, for 19 years.
Proceeds from sales of the Mr Riggs 2023 The Gaffer Shiraz will again help raise funds for a cause close to winemaker Ben Riggs' heart.
Established in 1976, The Flinders Foundation is one of the leading medical health and research charities in South Australia - raising essential funds for medical research and patient care.
In August each year, Mr Riggs Wines run their Gaffer Month campaign with proceeds donated to the Flinders Foundation.
"We are incredibly proud to have raised over $250,000, which has gone towards a broad range of cancer research," Riggs said.
What about the wine? It's a big red, but well balanced, and paired very well with a home-made steak and kidney pie.
The fruit for the 2023 vintage was sourced from five vineyards; all in different sub-regions of McLaren Vale; from the warmest, earliest picked vineyards to the coolest, latest picked.
The parcels were matured in oak, 90% French and 10% American, and blended just before bottling. A very decent drop this; dark fruited and well balanced, for $25.
The name The Gaffer is a tribute to Riggs' great-great grandfather John "The Gaffer" Riggs (1814-1902).
See https://mrriggs.com.au/
See https://mrriggs.com.au/
