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A Partnership in Every Sense of the Word

Bernice Ong and Julian Forwood are the duo behind Ministry of Clouds.

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Two corporate refugees who relinquished past security and structure (ministry) in search of freedom, independence and adventure (clouds).

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A few snippets of #v22 at MoC HQ. Despite a couple of COVID curveballs, we had a heap of fun exploring, experimenting and escaping to other worlds 🍷🍷😜… while we crushed, plunged and pressed our way through all our many little batches of 🍇🍇🍇. #onelife #maximumliving #3peeps #3gandts 😊 Happy weekend peeps 💃🕺😘 #ministryofcloudswines #thechasevineyard #wegovernwhatwecantherestischance #aussiewine
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Hello peeps, cannot believe that Ministry of Clouds is 10 vintages, actually almost 11 vintages old 😬. Time flies when you are having fun. 💃💃💃 Never in our wildest dreams would we have thought we would be making our own wines when we fell into the world of wines almost 25 years ago. We never sought to be winemakers. We just wanted to live big full lives, to continue to find ways to feed that sense of curiosity within us, to find a space where we can continue to explore all the interesting intricate facets of the wine world, to keep our cups nourished and full… so they say. Full it has definitely been 😆😜… In fact at times it has been sooooo full it has been overwhelming! Some of you might have seen this face around our shed the last few weeks. So super chuffed to share news that MoC is now ‘officially' a team of 3. Chris Parsons joined us in January this year having most recently completed 8 vintages at Revenir and prior to that Wicks Estate in the Adelaide Hills, Coldstream Hills and Wedgetail Estate in the Yarra. It has been so cool to have him around and we are so looking forward to rolling into Vintage 22 with this extra set of very experienced hands… welcome on-board @chrisparsons . Thank YOU for choosing to spend some of your working life with us 🙏🤗 🕺🍷. Hopefully this means we have bought ourselves another 10 vintages 🤪… Happy Friday 🍷🍷 #babysteps #growingup #thechasevineyard #ministryofcloudswines #mclarenvale #onelife #winelife #maximumliving #restlesssouls 🥱🙃
THE THRILL OF THE CHASE

Tied to both people and place, McLaren Vale is our winemaking heartland

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Pinot Syrah and duck anyone? 😜 A first outing for our first #ministryofclouds #pinotsyrah on the first day of #chinesenewyear (14 days to go 😜) to our favourite Chinese restaurant #mingspalace, an Adelaide institution and in our humble opinion the best #pekingduck 🦆🦆 in #adelaide. #sogood 😋😋😋 Happy Chinese New Year Peeps! #happybelly #happyheart #happyhome of #ministryofcloudswines 🍷🍷#gongxifattchoy
KINTSUGI...

Kintsugi is the ancient Japanese art of “golden joinery”

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Today last week, our friends at @freshsimpledelicious took over our kitchen and transported us to Greece with this absolutely delicious Greek Feast. Thank you Jordy and Steph 🙏🙏🙏. Love what you guys do… big time 😘 It has been a strange ride to Christmas with the number of Covid cases rapidly rising here in Australia. Please stay safe everyone and give those nearest and dearest to you a big hug… virtual or otherwise. 🤗🤗🤗 Merry Christmas 🎄🤶🏻😘 xx #wegovernwhatwecantherestischance #ministryofcloudswines #christmas #youonlyliveonce #maximumliving #❤️
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Manic week bottling wines but we are not complaining... Cleaning and steaming barrels under the grand poetry of this sky 😊. Though a coolish week, we are loving the summer feels…💛🧡❤️. Don’t forget to smell the roses peeps… wherever you may be 🤗🤗🤗 #ministryofcloudswines #thechasevineyard #mclarenvale #onelife

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

 

George Sand

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This little parfait put a big smile on our faces 😊😊😊. And the other dish looked so beautiful, we tucked into it too quick 😬😋. Super tasty too! SA peeps, after 5 years in the build, @sofiteladelaide has opened today and @garconbleuadl is well worth your support. @masky247, thank you for having us for a pre-opening squiz… it was tre-delicious and a fab space to take in the eagle eye’s view of Adelaide, from the coast to the hills 🤗💛👌. Kinda like floating in the ☁️☁️☁️ 😊 P.S. The rooms look amazing too! #staycation #destination 😊 #happybelly #happyheart #happyhome #ministryofcloudswines #adelaideeats #garconbleu #sofiteladelaide
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12 minutes from winery to this 😍… hope you are all having a fabulous Sunday. It’s a sunny one over here and we are absolutely loving it #springdays 🌻🌼#sundayfeels #covermeinsunshine #afd 🌞#ministryofcloudswines #mclarenvale #fleurieupeninsula #portwillunga #beachlife #onelife 🏖😍💛
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Early season #clarevalley #riesling vineyard visits = a delicious lunch bite at @seedclarevalley 🤗😋🍷😁. So good to finally see the space guys. ❤️❤️❤️ it!! Next time gin and tonics upstairs 😆 #happydays #saeats #ministryofcloudswines #gertiewines #cabfranc #kennywines #riesling #happyfriday 🍷🍷
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Just worked out that it's #worldsalmonday today so at #MOC HQ we are finishing the week with a glass of our ‘salmon’ coloured #2021 #mataro #cinsault #rosé 😜. Happy weekend folks. Take care and live it up! 💃 xx #ministryofcloudswines #dry #rosé #mclarenvale #mataro #cinsault #aussiewine #rosecolouredglasses 😊#bringonspring 🤗🌸💃
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Spotlighting @thelittlerickshaw in our region today and celebrating good people doing great things…. We wedged in a cheeky Sunday lunch here last weekend… loved all the food, all the flavours and all the feels. Quail and Grenache anyone? 😜 #happybelly #happyheart #happyhome #ministryofcloudswines #grenache #mclarenvale #fleurieupeninsula 💛 #saeats #awesomepeepsdoingawesomethings #foodwelove
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A real treat to eat at @agnes.restaurant @mrbenwilliamson. Thank you for looking after us! 🙏🙏🙏 Who would have imagined a humble ingredient like chicken bums made to look so very pretty and taste so incredibly good. No electricity nor gas required here. Just fire and lots of talent 😊🙏🍷. #parsonsnose #cookingwithfire #skewers #happybelly #happyheart #happyhome of #ministryofcloudswines #deliciousness #brisbaneeats #onelife
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