{"title":"Juxtaposed","description":"Dr. Wes Pearson is one of those uber cool over acheivers who obviously can't sit still and needs constant mental and vinous stimulation. Hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Wes’s career in wine began in 1992 when he spent the winter season snowboarding in the town of Whistler, BC. In order to keep his days free to ride, he found a job at a local steakhouse, thus igniting a love of food and wine.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThirteen years later, having worked in most of Whistler’s top restaurants, he enrolled in the University of British Columbia’s new wine biochemistry program. After moving to McLaren Vale where he could see the potential for making great wines in 2011 he accepted a position with the Australian Wine Research Institute, where he still works as a Senior Sensory Scientist.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWes is an accomplished wine show judge, an alumnus of the prestigious Len Evans Tutorial, a graduate of Wine Australia’s Future Leaders program, and has completed a PhD at Charles Sturt University. Wes lives in Willunga with his partner Cassie and their 5 kids. He loves to ride boards (skate, surf and snow), is an accomplished ice hockey player and welcomes any opportunity to hustle you on the golf course.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Wes showed us his wines, we were blown away. Impressed by his whole collection, we are proud to have his wines on our shelf.","products":[{"product_id":"juxtaposed-old-vine-grenache-2023","title":"Juxtaposed Old Vine Grenache 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e2023 Old Vine Grenache: mostly from the Wait vineyard with a couple barrels of Smart vineyard in there for good measure. Crushed and destemmed, fermented in 2t open fermenters with the same cultured yeast and no adds other than SO2. Pressed to old, large format oak barrels for 17 months before bottling. 300 6pks produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Verdana, sans-serif\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Verdana, sans-serif\"\u003eAlc\/Vol: 14.0%\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Juxtaposed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43079461961937,"sku":"9349872000154","price":33.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/6662\/4209\/files\/regions_juxtaposed_grenache2023.png?v=1777515182"},{"product_id":"juxtaposed-old-vine-shiraz-2023","title":"Juxtaposed Old Vine Shiraz 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e2023 Old Vine Shiraz: exclusively from the Sandy Corner Block of the Wait vineyard. 2023 was a cool and dry year, and this vineyard in particular loved this growing season. It’s an unirrigated vineyard, so especially with a few consecutive years of drought the yields were pretty low, but the grapes were nice and healthy going into harvest season and the fruit was able to hang out late into March and really develop flavour without accumulating more sugar. Crushed and destemmed, no adds except SO2, matured in old oak barrels. 220 6pks produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Verdana, sans-serif\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Verdana, sans-serif\"\u003eAlc\/Vol: 13.8%\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Juxtaposed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43079462093009,"sku":"9349872000277","price":33.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/6662\/4209\/files\/regions_juxtaposed_shiraz2023.png?v=1777515255"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/6662\/4209\/collections\/Juxtaposed_clipped_rev_1.png?v=1688433301","url":"https:\/\/regionscellars.com.au\/collections\/juxtaposed\/2023.oembed","provider":"Regions Cellars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}