Chouette is Tom Daniel,
a second generation Swan Valley Winemaker.
I grew up on a vineyard/winery called Susannah Brook Wines, a family operation started by my folks in the 70's when they planted vines & built a small winery in the Swan. My Dad John still makes micro-batch wine, though most of that fruit goes to Chouette Wine now & everything old is new again.
Chouette manifests a connection of old & new in the Swan Valley through working from our old family winery, using handmade processes & old-vine fruit in WA's oldest wine region, with a distinctly modern perspective on Swan Valley wine that looks to contribute to a new & changing
positive outlook for the region.
100% Hand picked fruit,
Wild & uninhibited ferments & natural balance
defines the style, with a view to make wine that's alive
with personality, drinkability & deliciousness,
highlighting what Swan Valley fruit can be with a fresh approach.
Like our Block, I also sustainably manage fruit from other Swan vineyards, where Chenin & Grenache is the big focus. The stories of the growers & the personality of the old vineyards of the Swan is a story
I want to help to tell through my wine.
Overlooking where we grow our fruit & I make my wine,
the Susannah Brook waterway leads to a
totemic stone megalith sitting up on the hill on the Scarp,
an ancient Owl Stone - Boyay Gogomat.
Chouette wine is made with deep respect to ancient
& recent cultural memory.
Chouette has two meanings, it's a noun for 'Owl' & it's French - colloquial for 'Cool',The name reflects the old/wisdom of the Swan & the family roots, with a nod to the new/street & my desire to make fun + cool stuff!
Cheers!
T
Chouette Wine may be found in Perth at:
Retail
Wise Child, Besk, Commune, Crafty Corner, The Re. Store, Mane Liquor,
Old Bridge Cellars, Chateau Guilford, Freo Doctor, Liberty Liquors,
Devine Cellars, Copper & Oak, Oxford Cellars, Pour People
Scarborough Cellars, Up Wine shop
Hospitality
Si Paradiso, Beaconsfield Wine, Vin Populi, Vinotto, Patio, Besk, Madalenas, Percy Flint, Strange Company, Nieuw Ruin, Jetty, Pep's, St Brigid, H&C, Mrs Brown, Mechanics Institute, No Mafia, Foxtrot Unicorn, Skol, Balthazar,
Mayfair Lane, Coogee Common, Wildflower, Percy Flint,
Jetty, Shadow, , Petition, Kuza, Old Youngs