Spire Collection Premium Australian Wine Tasting, Scottsdale—7:00 to 7:45 PM

About Spire Collection

With origins on California’s classic northern coast, the Spire Collection today encompasses estates throughout the world. Each Spire Collection wine personifies a different meaning and a distinct emotion. Some are pure luxury—they are hedonistic, sensory experiences. Others are fashioned with rigid density, meant to unfold slowly in many years of quiet evolution.

The Spire Collection resides on the best restaurant lists and cellars in the world. While one wine is sipped in nearly reverent contemplation, another is enjoyed alongside the first joyous ray of light and blossom of spring. Each wine is a richly told tale—simultaneously a testament to its roots and a statement in and of itself.

There is a moment when wine ceases to be a commodity and begins to reflect an idea, to produce emotion.

Spire’s Australian Portfolio

Represented by Spire Collection, Hickinbotham, and Giant Steps take their place among Australia’s classic wines.

About Hickinbotham

First planted in 1971 to dry-farmed Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz, Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard sits in the hills of Clarendon, at the upper limit of Australia’s revered McLaren Vale wine growing region. The vineyard historically produced fruit for many of Australia’s iconic producers like Penfolds, Hardy’s, and Clarendon Hills, and was not bottled under its own label until 2012.

The confluence of the hills, ocean, and ancient earth – the vineyard sits atop a 75 million-year-old geology—has a strong influence on the style of wines made here. Under the helm of winemakers Christopher Carpenter and Peter Fraser—and viticulturer Michael Lane—Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard employs organic and biodynamic farming practices to produce a range of highly distinctive and powerful red wines.

About Giant Steps

When John Coltrane split with Miles Davis in the late 50s, he wasted little time releasing his visionary Giant Steps album. Winemaker (and equally successful brewmaster) Phil Sexton was inspired by the album and Coltrane’s foresight. When Sexton sold his Devil’s Lair vineyard in Margaret River to relocate and replant in the Yarra Valley, he named his wine in Coltrane’s honor. Sexton chose Yarra Valley because of his admiration for the long aging and fine-boned wines produced by the new generation of wine growers reestablishing this historic wine region. Giant Steps has forged a reputation for delivering some of Australia’s most consistent, over-performing, varietal wines reflected by its ongoing, praise-worthy global acclaim including being a six-time Wine & Spirits Top 100 Wineries of the Year, 2013-2018.

Please join us with Vito Parente, Western Regional Manager with Spire Collection as we taste these exquisite Australian wines!

The Lineup:

Giant Steps | Chardonnay | 2021

Giant Steps | Pinot Noir | 2021

Hickinbotham | Revivalist | Merlot | 2017

Hickinbotham | Trueman | Cabernet Sauvignon | 2018

Hickinbotham | Peake | Cabernet Sauvignon | Shiraz | 2018

Hickinbotham | Broks Road | Shiraz | 2018

We are excited to see you! 

Friday, August 26th

7:00—7:45 PM 

– Scottsdale –

The Fine Print:

– We will continue limiting the number of members at each event and offering multiple time slots, in order to continue delivering the best experience possible. With smaller & more focused groups, our clients are able to gain a deeper understanding of the wines and featured wineries.

– IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, please call or email us ASAP so that we may offer your space to those awaiting a reservation. Due to an increase in no-shows and last-minute cancellations, we will be implementing a $25/person fee for cancellations under 24 hours. We understand that things come up, we just want to have the opportunity and time to offer the spot to someone else!