Banks Thargo Cellar Door

The Banks Thargo Cellar door will be open to the public on Saturday the 20th and Sunday 21st of October for the Cabernet Cellarbration weekend. We will have the newly released 2010 Cabernet sauvignon and the brand new Ninteen Nineteen Chardonnay on tasting along with all of our other current vaintages. We will also have the 2004 Banks Thargo Cabernet sauvignon on tasting with a limited amount of this vintage available for sale on the weekend. Other News for banks Thargo, our 2009 Racecourse Red, our best value wine, has become our most awarded wine currently available, with two more silver medals and two more bronze medals taking its medal tally to eight!

Top Ten riders in 2012 Banks Thargo South West Series

Hi to all of the competitors in the 2012 Banks Thargo South West Series. We finally have a top 10! or a top 12?? There were a total of 195 riders in this years event, there were 16 events in total. 66 riders competed in five of the events, 40 riders participated in 7 of the events, 15 riders competed in 10 of the events and only 2 riders participated in all 16 events. Well done to Spek from Mount Gambier for winning the series outright and keeping the pink jersey, Well done to Shannon Malseed from Portland Shannon was the first Female rider in the series and third placed outright. Stuart Robinson from Hamilton came a cose second this year. Click on comments below to view the top 50 riders. 1st Spek Mount Gambier 195 points, 2nd Stuart Robinson Hamilton 180 points, 3rd Shannon Malseed Portland 175 points, first female rider 4th Cameron Hart Warrnambool 162 points, 5th Darcey Wooley Port Fairy 160 points, 6th Chris Kennett Hamilton 153 points, 6th Dale Cumming Portland 153 points, 7th Matt Opperman Mount Gambier 147 points, 8th Dan Herrewyn Mount gambier 144 points, 8th Paul Bast Hamilton 144 points, 9th David Odwyer Hamilton 142 points, 10th Brian Mcnamara Warrnambool 139 points, The big question to all competitors in the South West Series is how do we get the whole 195 riders to turn uo at the one event!!!!!!! Well done to all who participated and a special thanks goes to the top 10 riders, the most consistent starters at each event.