Why is our wine called Gotham?

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Gotham is produced by husband and wife Bruce Clugston and Fiona White, Bruce acts as executive winemaker whilst Fiona does pretty much everything else! Bruce draws on 30 years experience in the wine industry & long held desire as a former wine retailer to create a product of exceptional value that is approachable in youth and well into the future.

Our aim is to produce for you the best value wine money can buy. Since our first wine produce back in 2004 we have been striving to produce fantastic wines in a style consumers actually want to drink!

Essentially, we named our wines after New York, the wine was dark and intense, which we thought fitted perfectly with the gothic moniker Washington Irving had given to New York City in 1807. He had taken the name from a small town in Nottinghamshire, England. The resident or Gothamites, as they were known, would feign madness to keep the tax collector away. They've been written about in nursey rhymes and fables throughout history as the 'Wise Men of Gotham", so in 2008 we introduced a value range of our Gotham wines, called the Wine Men of Gotham which is a tribute to the pranksters of Gotham who acted mad to achieve their ends.

Over the years we've received many accolades and great scores. Our 2005 Barossa Valley Shiraz was released in 2006 with great acclaim getting a 5 star rating from James Halliday; nominating us as one of the top ten new wineries of the year. SInce then we've received five 90+ scores from Robert Parkers Wine Advocate and our Wine Men of Gotham have been rated among Australia's Best Value Wines.