Mark and Jo Kozned’s 30ha Woodlands Ridge Vineyard is planted to chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, pinot gris and shiraz. They subsequently established the Tunnel Hill Vineyard, with 19ha planted to pinot ...
Leon Tokar, a very successful businessman, and wife Rita dreamed of a weekender and hobby farm and it was largely by chance that in '95 they found a scruffy paddock fronting onto Maddens Lane. By the ...
Toby Pieters and Dianne Gardiner made a 'vine change' to Rahona Valley in '14, moving from an inner-city suburb of Melbourne to Red Hill and purchasing one of the smallest commercial vineyards in the ...
To qualify for this award, each winery has to have received a 5-star rating for the first time, and a history of at least four lesser ratings. Dal Zotto Wines is Dark Horse of the Year, and ...
This is the culmination of Andrew Wood and Lisa Robertson’s wayward odyssey. Andrew left his career as a sommelier in London and retrained as a winemaker, working in Portugal, the UK, Italy and the ...
The Bailey family is involved in all stages of wine production, with minimal outside help. Their stated aim is to produce top quality wines at affordable prices, via uncompromising viticultural ...
Galli Estate has 2 vineyards: Heathcote, which produces the red wines (shiraz, sangiovese, nebbiolo, tempranillo, grenache and montepulciano) and the cooler-climate vineyard at Plumpton in Sunbury, ...
Dave and Jen Wright (co-owners with Fred and Sarah Howard) had a combined background of dentistry, art and a CSU viticultural degree when they moved from Adelaide to McLaren Flat to become vignerons.
Tim Knappstein is a 3rd-generation vigneron, his winemaking lineage dating back to 1893 in the Clare Valley. He made his first wines at the family’s Stanley Wine Company and established his own wine ...
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A family-owned and -run business founded by Giovanni Patritti. Today it has 3 vineyard locations with a mix of old and new plantings. The most historic are patches of grenache (1.3ha), shiraz (0.4ha), ...
Established by the van der Meer family, it is one of the oldest wineries in the Perth Hills (once the largest), for a while setting the standard. The vineyard is set on steep terraced slopes, ...