Featured Partner
Nick Glaetzer
Glaetzer-Dixon
There's a big swell building down in Tasmania and former Barossa resident Nick Glaetzer has paddled into it with a smile. He began his winemaking journey with his Barossa Valley family, following with vintages in the Languedoc, the Pfalz, Margaret River, the Hunter Valley, Burgundy and more. Since arriving on the Apple Isle in 2005 Nick has been making his own inspired and distinctive Glaetzer-Dixon wines, when not excelling in his day job as winemaker at Frogmore Creek.
Q&A
Is there a wine or a person that inspires you as a winemaker?
Spying people in random restaurants enjoying a bottle of my booze probably gives me the greatest kick, as that's what the game is all about.
What is so-hot-right-now in wine?
Whites with texture from skin contact, hard pressing, lees contact and barrel maturation. And Tasmanian shiraz.
What got you into wine?
It was more a matter of not being able to (and not wanting to) escape from wine, growing up in a family immersed in the industry and loving every bit.
What's your desert island wine?
1991 Henschke Hill of Grace.
Why should you win the people's vote for the YGWA?
I like to think I'll get the sympathy vote for braving Tassie's climate in the name of making good wine.
(Complete this sentence) If there was no wine in the world...
we'd be parched az bro.
As a winemaker, where do you see yourself in 10 years time?
Amongst my Tasmanian peers, admiring the wines from a cracker 2021 vintage.
What's the one word that sums you up?
Über.
Is there a wine or a person that inspires you as a winemaker?
Spying people in random restaurants enjoying a bottle of my booze probably gives me the greatest kick, as that's what the game is all about.
What is so-hot-right-now in wine?
Whites with texture from skin contact, hard pressing, lees contact and barrel maturation. And Tasmanian shiraz.
What got you into wine?
It was more a matter of not being able to (and not wanting to) escape from wine, growing up in a family immersed in the industry and loving every bit.
What's your desert island wine?
1991 Henschke Hill of Grace.
Why should you win the people's vote for the YGWA?
I like to think I'll get the sympathy vote for braving Tassie's climate in the name of making good wine.
(Complete this sentence) If there was no wine in the world...
we'd be parched az bro.
As a winemaker, where do you see yourself in 10 years time?
Amongst my Tasmanian peers, admiring the wines from a cracker 2021 vintage.
What's the one word that sums you up?
Über.
