The Primo Team are taking our Italy vs Australia taste test on a tour of Australia's best pizza restaurants this February. Book your seats today for an evening of great wines and fabulous pizza:

Tuesday 21st February, Brisbane - Il Posto in Paddington. SOLD OUT

Wednesday 22nd February, Sydney - Mad Pizza e Bar in Surry Hills. SOLD OUT

Thursday 23rd February, Melbourne - Basilico in Windsor. To book call 9533 2581

Tuesday 28th & Wednesday 29th, Adelaide - Milano Cucina in Hutt St. SOLD OUT

Thursday 1st March, Perth  - Kim's Food Bar, Cottesloe. To book call 08 9383 3545 or email anna@kimsfood.com.au

Starting with a glass of our new sparkling wine, Primo Secco guests will have a chance to enjoy the 30th vintage of our La Biondina Colombard and 2011 Merlesco Merlot before we pour Joe's Italian Shiraz Sangiovese, the Tuscan, alongside its McLaren Vale twin, Il Briccone. Two wines made by the same winemaker, using the same techniques and grape varieties but one is Italian and one is Australian. Which will you prefer? Join us for a fun evening of tasting and great pizza as we take the Primo Estate experience on the road.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Ciao,

The Primo Team

Primo Estate + The Smelly Cheese Shop Masterclass

We are lucky enough to have our friends at The Smelly Cheese Shop hosting us on April the 8th at their Wright street H.Q for a night of cheese and wine. Join cheese expert Valerie Henbest and Primo Estate winemaker Daniel Zuzolo and learn how to find the perfect cheese and wine matches

Click here for more information & bookings

We invite you to be the first to taste The new 2012 Primo & Co. Venetian Gargenega at a special Venetian inspired lunch in our beautiful McLaren Vale cellar door on Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April.

Treat yourself to a relaxed lunch and enjoy the delights of the Veneto. Begin the afternoon in our Italian inspired courtyard with a traditional Aperol Spritz cocktail, followed by a menu of mouthwatering Venetian dishes perfectly paired with a selection of our wines. Invite your friends and family to share in this taste of Venice in the heart of McLaren Vale's stunning wine country.

Just $85.00 per person for four courses including wines. Click here - book your seats today

Meet The Venetian

Lunch Menu

Venetian style salt cod crostini

Pasta with chicken broth, white beans & Pecorino

Wood oven baked Mulloway, smashed garlic potatoes, Goolwa cockles, Mussels and salsa verde

Selection of Italian Cheeses

Primo Secco NV
Aperol Spritz

2012 Primo Estate
La Biondina Colombard

2012 Primo & Co
The Venetian Garganega

2012 Primo Estate
Merlesco Merlot

2011 Primo Estate
Shale Stone Shiraz

Primo Estate’s Patricia was born and raised in Singapore; she remembers the joys of the national dish from a young age. Patricia describes her childhood memories of the dish, "the thick, messy, sweet, spicy, tomatoey sauce with egg stirred through making it all gooey and gloopy was a joy to eat!" What kid (big and small!) doesn't want an excuse to lick their fingers! Perfect with a cold glass of Primo Estate La Biondina on a hot summer night.

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Joe says 'You know you have a real crowd pleaser when there are NEVER any leftovers no matter how much you cook - this is one of them'. Absolutely delicious with a bottle of Primo Estate Merlesco Merlot.

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Mark your diary for our long, relaxed cellar door lunches in the heart of McLaren Vale's beautiful wine country. Get a group of friends together and share in our seasonal celebrations of new wines and the natural cycle of the vineyard.

Become an Amici Primo (friend of Primo Estate) and receive exclusive invitations to our calendar of delicious celebration lunches in our stunning cellar door. Join the mailing list by entering your name and email address in the box on the right. Tickets go on sale six weeks before each event.

Sunday 27th January 2013 - Primo Estate Summer Sunday Pizza Lunch - SOLD OUT

Share wood oven pizza  and Primo Estate wines in the glorious sunshine

Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th April 2013 - Primo & Co Meet The Venetian Lunch

Welcome the arrival of the elegant white Joe Grilli makes in the Soave region just outside Venice, accompanied by regional dishes of the Veneto.

Saturday 8th, Sunday 9th & Monday 10th June 2013 - Olive Harvest Lunch

Our traditional celebration of the first olive oil of the new season, fresh from the press. A feast of olive oil based cusine,

Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th August 2013 - Winter Wild Lunch

Rich JOSEPH red wines accompany a hearty gourmet menu of warming winter dishes.

Saturday 5th, Sunday 6th & Monday 7th October 2013 - Primavera Celebration Lunch

Celebrate the arrival of spring in the vineyards with this feast of seasonal dishes perfectly paired with Primo Estate wines.

Saturday 30th November & Sunday 1st December 2013 - Primo & Co Meet The Tuscan Pizza Lunch

Be the first to taste the new vintage of The Tuscan Shiraz Sangiovese direct from Italy. Take our Italy vs Australia tasting challenge - which will you prefer?

'This is the best vintage of this wine for some time: the "moda Amarone", or dried fruit method, does not show. It is concentrated and full-bodied, with delicious sweet-berry aromas, richness in the mouth and a fine structure of lacy tannins. The aftertaste lingers on. Drink now to 2025+'

- Huon Hooke, Sydney Morning Herald, November 2012

Find out more about our 2010 Moda.

Watch Joe Grilli explain the techniques and philosophy behind Moda.

2009 & 2010 JOSEPH Angel Gully Shiraz paired with Hills Venison and dried cherry goats cheese panna cotta with juniper salt. Sound good?

Enjoy this and four more delicious courses each paired with two vintages of a McLaren Vale Scarce Earth Shiraz at the National Wine Center on Wednesday 28th November 2012. To see the mouthwatering menu in full and reserve your seat, visit the National Wine Center site.

Download our free summer newsletter - including a delicious recipe for Tuscan chestnut cake, our 2013 cellar door event dates, Christmas opening hours and all the news from the Primo Team.

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The 2011 Primo & Co Tuscan Shiraz Sangiovese just arrived in cellar door all the way from Italy and we are loving its intense black cherry fruit. With Joe just back from this year's Italian vintage and our Meet The Tuscan Pizza lunches sold out all this talk of Tuscany is making us long for the delicious smell of classic Tuscan stuffed peppers paired with a glass of The Tuscan!

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