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Adelaide HillsSouth Australia
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Yalumba, Australia's oldest family owned and operated winery, has a wealth of history and tradition
Yalumba was founded in 1849 by Samuel Smith, British migrant and English brewer, who had brought his family to Angaston seeking a new life. After purchasing a 30-acre parcel of land just beyond the southern-eastern boundary of Angaston, Smith and his son began planting the first vines by moonlight. Samuel named his patch Yalumba, aboriginal for 'all the land around'.
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The Wolf Blass winery is located at the epicentre of the Australian wine industry, the Barossa Valley and has produced some of Australia's finest wines since 1966
Wolf Blass Wines International was born in 1973 when Wolf started his own business, purchasing a 2.5 acre land holding with an old army shed outside Nuriootpa, at the northern end of the Barossa Valley. John Glaetzer joined the company and from 1974-1976 Wolf Blass Wines won three consecutive Jimmy Watson Trophies, the Black Label generated substantial publicity and hype. From this time onwards growth was impressive with Wolf Blass Yellow Label and Riesling becoming Australia's top selling red and white wine.
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The Wirra Wirra Cellars were built by Robert Strangways Wigley, one of the McLaren Vale's all time characters
Wigley began building at the turn of the century using Dr. A.C. Kelly's plans of a split-level design that his friend Alec Johnston had used to build the Pirramimma winery. Wirra Wirra is an aboriginal name meaning amongst the gums. Born in 1864, Bob Wigley studied Law and Architecture and managed to play cricket for South Australia. His wild pranks as a young man had already made him somewhat of an embarrassment to his family. In 1893 he was prudently sent to rusticate in McLaren Vale. He planted the vineyard in 1894 and made his first wine with Alec Johnston in 1897. By 1901 he was the owner of one of the best wineries and vineyards in the district with 100 acres under vines and 15 acres under currants.
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Warburn Estate's outstanding success has been achieved through it's expertise in traditional winemaking and innovative techniques
Warburn Estate is located near Griffith in New South Wales, in the centre of the large Riverina grape-growing and agricultural region. Warburn Estate is one of New South Wales most significant wine producers with more than 1000 hectares under vine, a crush capacity of 40,000 tonnes, tank storage for 35 million litres of wine and an annual turnover of $40 million. Warburn Estate proudly remains a private company, maintaining its winemaking independence with the ability to quickly respond to market demands and client needs. The company (formerly Riverina Wines Pty Ltd), is owned by the Sergi family, whose winemaking traditions began in Italy many years ago. Migrants Giuseppe and his son Antonio began to grow grapes on their farm and making wines for his family and friends using old barrels and hand made machinery. He would often sell bulk wine in 200 litre drums, a practice common in Italian cantinas, and would travel extensively throughout Australia to supply his customers.
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Situated at the very heart of South Australia’s beautiful Clare Valley, Taylors has become one of Australia’s best loved and most trusted wineries
The tale of Taylors winemaking goes back a few years – three generations in fact, and all began with Bill Taylor Senior, and his love of a certain Bordeaux wine. Originally wine merchants in Sydney, a passion for wine was all part of being a Taylor, and in particular, for the famous French Clarets such as Chateau Mouton Rothschild in Bordeaux’s Medoc region. It was this long held fascination for these wines which inspired the family’s foray into winemaking, and provides the inspiration and winemaking philosophy behind all Taylors winemaking today – to produce premium wines of exceptional and comparable quality in Australia.
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Even as the ink was drying on the Petaluma purchase in 2001, Brian Croser's friends at Champagne Bollinger were forming a pact with the Croser family to begin again
Then along came the Cazes family from Chateau Lynch Bages in Pauillac. On a trip to Australia in 2002, Jean-Michel and his son Jean-Charles met with Croser and joined the partnership. The driving ambition was to own and make wine from the more than 30-year old Koppamurra Vineyard just north of Coonawarra. Tapanappa was born and Koppamurra Vineyard was acquired in late 2002. The property has since been renamed Whalebone Vineyard. The partnership was founded in a strong, mutually held belief that some pieces of ground are much better than others for the production of fine wine. Of course this superiority is highly specific to varieties and wine style. The Whalebone Vineyard and Cabernet Sauvignon in particular have a unique synergy. Croser learned of the wonderful quality of Cabernet from the Whalebone Vineyard 25 years ago when in 1980, he assisted Geoff Weaver to make his very first wine from this vineyard under the Ashbourne label.
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Unlike many wineries, the history of Starvedog Lane isn’t linked to some long dead legendary winemaker who was the son of someone rich or famous
There are no tales of bravery and courage, and no triumph of the pioneering human spirit. Of suffering and loss, but ultimate victory in the face of adversity all in the interest of bringing you a great drop of wine. Nope. Just a name that comes from some old story about a hungry dog and some German settlers and a bunch of winemakers who are pretty fanatical about what they do. So what Starvedog Lane lack in a colourful and eventful history, they more than make up for with some sensational wines. And at the end of the day, that’s what it’s all about, right?
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Shaw + Smith began over a long lunch in 1989 when cousins Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith decided to realise a long held dream to make wine together
Shaw + Smith's aim is to make contemporary, high quality wines that stand amongst the best of their type, both nationally and internationally. For a wine to be released under the Shaw + Smith label it must be an oustanding example of it's type, from grapes grown in the Adelaide Hills. For the first ten years Shaw + Smith focussed on Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay, and now also make small quantities of Riesling, Pinot Noir and Shiraz. White varieties are well suited to the cooler climate of the Adelaide Hills, while Pinot Noir and Shiraz perform well in carefully chosen sites.
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Since 1851, The House of Seppelt has been at the forefront of Australian winemaking, consolidating a reputation for innovation and quality
From its beginnings in the Barossa Valley in 1851, Seppelt has pioneered vineyard plantings in regions of southern and eastern Australia. Constantly innovating, Seppelt is creating new wine styles, new packaging and new ideas that position this outstanding winery as a world leader. Seppelt's Great Western Winery is famous for The Drives (the labyrinthine catacombs of sparkling cellars) and home to the two champion Shiraz wines, St. Peters of Great Western, and the world-renowned Show Sparkling Shiraz.
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Scotchmans Hill is a family owned vineyard and winery based on the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria, Australia
Established in 1982, Scotchmans Hill has become a producer of some of Australia's most complex, elegant and consistent wines. Scotchmans Hill is located on Mount Bellarine which was named by the Scottish immigrants who settled the Mount Bellarine area in the 1840s. Mount Bellarine was formed over 30 million years ago by tectonic movement which formed Port Phillip Bay and the surrounding volcanic region of Geelong and Mount Bellarine.
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In 1866 the Schild Family immigrated to Australia from Poland as part of the exodus from religious persecution
Johannes Hugo Bernhard (Ben) Schild, the father of Edgar (Ed) Schild heeded the work of his ancestors thus ensuring that the Schild family would have an impact in this new country. Ben Schild met his wife Freida Alma Schild nee Schutz in the early 1920s and began a family which consisted of eight children raised in the wilds of the Mallee country near the small pioneering town of Lameroo.
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Sarantos is where you’d rather be
Sarantos is that amazing place - or fantastic state of mind - where everything’s relaxed, and full of fun, good friends, good food and good wine. It’s that place – or feeling you have - when only Sarantos will do. When you want a soft pressed wine that’s so gorgeously slurpable, to be enjoyed al fresco, at friends or in your favourite café or restaurant. Sarantos do everything in the Sarantos-style. Refreshingly relaxed, down to earth and with a great passion for sharing good wine and good food with great friends.
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RockBare was born out of Tim Burvill's desire to create his own wine from fruit grown to Australia's best viticultural regions
Growing up in Western Australia, Tim's interest in wine was sparked at a young age by frequent summer holidays to the Margaret River region. He fell in love with the world of wine, his passion eventually saw him move to South Australia, where he completed an honours degree at Adelaide University's Roseworthy Campus. His first job was with Southcorp, which as Tim puts it "was the best start to a winemaking career that anyone could ask for." For the next 5 years Tim worked with Southcorp, travelling the country plying his craft in the Coonawarra (Wynns) and the Barossa Valley (Penfolds), the Sunraysia and the Riverland, refining his style alongside some of the best winemakers in the country. A rapid rise through the ranks soon saw him vested with the responsibility at the age of 25, of making Southcorp's ultra-premium white wines, including Penfolds Yattarna. In 2001, Tim decided to follow his own path and began RockBare, focusing on Chardonnay and Shiraz from South Australia's McLaren Vale.
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In 1856 an Irish cobler by the name of Hugh Reilly arrived at the tiny township of Mintaro in the Clare Valley
Over the next 10 years, Hugh converted the stone barn that had been his home into a cottage. Reilly's Cottage served as the local Cobbler's Shop in the centre of the bustling town, which had boomed with the discovery of slate in the area. Almost 140 years later, the cottage has been restored to its former glory by distant relatives of Hugh, the Ardill family, and once again it is a hive of activity, and home to Reilly's Wines.
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Primo Grilli planted his vineyard in 1973 a a spot 30 kilometres north of Adelaide within the rich fertile market gardening land of Virginia
Only 3 kilometres from the coast, Virginia enjoys the benefits of the cool sea breezes that sweep over the plains in the evenings. Primo built his vineyard with passion and understood completely the life of a vine. The grapes were grown to be turned into wine. His eldest son Joseph grew up with the vines tending them with the rest of the family. Joseph was to be a winemaker. It was not a conscious choice, not an expectation, just a progression, what he had to be. From his very first vintage, at age 20, Primo Estate's Joe Grilli wanted to create revolutionary wines. Ever since, Joe has been doing exactly that; creating some wonderfully dazzling and unconventional wines under the Joseph and Primo Estate labels.
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The Pike & Joyce brand represents the coming together of two long time South Australian families to form a partnership in wine
The Pikes, long established in winemaking and viticulture, and the Joyce, longtime horticulturists, have come together to develop this 18ha joint venture vineyard at Lenswood in the Adelaide Hills. The vineyard site, which was once apple and pear orchards, is characterized by steep North and East facing slopes and possesses fantastic gravelly clay and loam soils which are ideally suited to the classic cool climate varieties that have been planted – Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
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Since its inception in 1979, Peter Lehmann Wines has emerged as one of Australia's most respected, energetic and innovative wine producers
All operations are carried out on a single site located near Tanunda, in the heart of the internationally famous Barossa Valley, South Australia. Peter Lehmann Wines has earned many medals and trophies along with great accolades from wine judges in Australia and throughout the world. Now a public company of international repute, Peter Lehmann Wines is regarded as one of Australia's pre-eminent wine brands.
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Established by Brian Croser in 1976, Petaluma is one of Australia's most prominent wine companies.
The pre-eminent quality of Petaluma's wines is based on distinguished vineyard sites for each of the chosen varieties, in four important South Australian wine regions - Piccadilly Valley in the Adelaide Hills, for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay - Mount Barker in the Adelaide Hills, for the Rhone varieties Viognier and Shiraz - Clare Valley, for Riesling and - Coonawarra, for Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot
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Penfolds was founded by a young English doctor who migrated to one of his country's most distant colonies a century and a half ago
Dr Christopher Rawson Penfold was born in 1811, the youngest of 11 children. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, graduating in 1838. Like many doctors before and since, Dr Penfold had a firm belief in the medicinal value of wine. Before he left Britain he had obtained vine cuttings from the south of France and these were planted around the site of the modest stone cottage he built with his wife, Mary, at Magill on the outskirts of Adelaide in 1845. The couple called this house The Grange, after Mary's home in England.
Adelaide Hills Wines by Penfolds Penfolds Bin 00A Reserve Chardonnay 2000» Adelaide Penfolds Bin 05A Reserve Chardonnay 2005» Adelaide Penfolds Bin 144 Yattarna Chardonnay 1999» Fleurieu Piccadilly Adelaide Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet 2006 1.5L MAGNUM» Barossa Coonawarra Adelaide Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1993» Coonawarra Padthaway Adelaide Penfolds Grange 1.5L MAGNUM 1995» Barossa McLaren Adelaide Padthaway Penfolds Grange 1.5L MAGNUM 1996» Barossa McLaren Adelaide Padthaway Penfolds Grange 1.5L MAGNUM 2003» Barossa Coonawarra McLaren Adelaide Penfolds Grange 1995» Barossa McLaren Adelaide Padthaway Penfolds Grange 1998» Barossa Padthaway Adelaide Penfolds Grange 2003» Barossa Coonawarra McLaren Adelaide Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1.5L MAGNUM 1979» Barossa Adelaide Clare McLaren Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1.5L MAGNUM 1980» Barossa Adelaide Clare McLaren Coonawarra Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1.5L MAGNUM 1981» Barossa Adelaide Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1.5L MAGNUM 1982» Barossa Adelaide Clare Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1.5L MAGNUM 1983» Barossa Adelaide Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1.5L MAGNUM 1984» Barossa Adelaide Clare McLaren Coonawarra Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1.5L MAGNUM 1985» Barossa Adelaide Clare Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1.5L MAGNUM 1986» Barossa Adelaide Clare McLaren Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1953» Adelaide Barossa Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1954» Adelaide Barossa Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1955» Adelaide Barossa McLaren Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1956» Adelaide Barossa Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1957» Adelaide McLaren Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1958» Adelaide Barossa McLaren Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1959» Adelaide Barossa Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1961» Adelaide Barossa Coonawarra Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1962» Barossa Adelaide Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1964» Adelaide Barossa Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1965 Jimmy Watson» Barossa Adelaide McLaren Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1966» Barossa + Adelaide Hills Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1967 Jimmy Watson» Barossa Adelaide Clare Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1969» Barossa Adelaide Clare Coonawarra Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1970» Barossa Adelaide Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1971» Adelaide Barossa Clare Coonawarra Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1972» Barossa Adelaide Coonawarra Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1973» Barossa Adelaide Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1974» Barossa Adelaide Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1976» Barossa Adelaide Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1979» Barossa Clare Adelaide McLaren Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1980» Barossa Adelaide Clare McLaren Coonawarra Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1981» Barossa Adelaide Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1982» Barossa Adelaide Clare Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1983» Barossa Adelaide Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1984» Barossa Adelaide Coonawarra McLaren Clare Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1985» Barossa Adelaide Clare Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1986» Barossa Clare McLaren Adelaide Penfolds Koonunga Hill Chardonnay 2006» Barossa Adelaide Padthaway Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz 1992» Adelaide Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz 2003» Adelaide Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz 2005» Adelaide Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz 2005 1.5L MAGNUM» Adelaide Penfolds Rawsons Retreat Merlot 2009» McLaren Adelaide Clare
Other Wines by Penfolds Penfolds Bin 128 Coonawarra Shiraz 2005» Coonawarra Penfolds Bin 128 Coonawarra Shiraz 2006» Coonawarra Penfolds Bin 128 Coonawarra Shiraz 2008» Coonawarra Penfolds Bin 138 Shiraz Grenache Mourvèdre 2008» Barossa Penfolds Bin 144 Yattarna Chardonnay 1998» Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz 1990» Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz 2005» McLaren Barossa Langhorne Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz 2007» McLaren Barossa Langhorne Penfolds Bin 311 Tumbarumba Chardonnay 2009» Tumbarumba Penfolds Bin 389 1992» Barossa McLaren Penfolds Bin 389 1996» Padthaway, Barossa, McLaren & Bordertown Penfolds Bin 389 2004 1.5L MAGNUM» Langhorne Bordertown Padthaway Penfolds Bin 389 2005» McLaren, Padthaway, Barossa Penfolds Bin 389 2007» Coonawarra McLaren Langhorne Padthaway Barossa Penfolds Bin 407 1998» Coonawarra Padthaway Bordertown Barossa McLaren Penfolds Bin 407 2006» Robe Coonawarra McLaren Langhorne Barossa Penfolds Bin 407 2007» Coonawarra McLaren Langhorne Penfolds Bin 51 Eden Valley Riesling 2009» Eden Valley Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet 1989 1.5L MAGNUM» Coonawarra Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet 1990 1.5L MAGNUM» Coonawarra Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet 1991 1.5L MAGNUM» Coonawarra Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet 1994 1.5L MAGNUM» Coonawarra, Barossa & Mount Barker Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet 1997 1.5L MAGNUM» Coonawarra Bordertown Padthaway Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet 1998 1.5L MAGNUM» Coonawarra Padthaway Barossa McLaren Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet 1999 1.5L MAGNUM» Coonawarra Padthaway Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet 2001 1.5L MAGNUM» Coonawarra, Padthaway, McLaren, Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet 2002 1.5L MAGNUM» Barossa McLaren Padthaway Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet 2004 1.5L MAGNUM» Barossa McLaren Coonawarra Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet 2005 1.5L MAGNUM» Barossa Valley, Coonawarra, Padthaway Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1977» Coonawarra Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1982» Coonawarra Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1986» Coonawarra Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1987» Coonawarra Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1989» Coonawarra Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1991» Coonawarra Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1992» Coonawarra Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1994» Coonawarra, Barossa & Mount Barker Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1996» Coonawarra Barossa Padthaway McLaren Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1997» Coonawarra Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1998» Coonawarra Padthaway Kalimna McLaren Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1999» Coonawarra Padthaway Barossa Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 2005» Barossa Valley, Coonawarra, Padthaway Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 2007» Padthaway Barossa Coonawarra Penfolds Bluestone Grand Tawny Port» Barossa Penfolds Cellar Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005» Barossa Penfolds Cellar Reserve Cabernet Shiraz 2005» Coonawarra + Barossa Penfolds Club Tawny Port» Barossa Penfolds Grandfather Liqueur Tawny» Barossa Penfolds Grange 1.5L MAGNUM 1990» Barossa Clare Coonawarra Penfolds Grange 1.5L MAGNUM 1991» Barossa McLaren Penfolds Grange 1.5L MAGNUM 1992» Barossa Coonawarra McLaren Penfolds Grange 1.5L MAGNUM 1993» Barossa Coonawarra Penfolds Grange 1.5L MAGNUM 1994» Barossa, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra Penfolds Grange 1.5L MAGNUM 1997» Barossa McLaren Penfolds Grange 1.5L MAGNUM 1999» McLaren Padthaway Barossa Kalimna Penfolds Grange 1.5L MAGNUM 2000» Barossa Penfolds Grange 1.5L MAGNUM 2001» Barossa Penfolds Grange 1.5L MAGNUM 2002» Barossa McLaren Penfolds Grange 1.5L MAGNUM 2004» Barossa McLaren Magill Penfolds Grange 1990» Barossa Clare Coonawarra Penfolds Grange 1991» Barossa McLaren Penfolds Grange 1992» Barossa Coonawarra McLaren Penfolds Grange 1993» Barossa Coonawarra Penfolds Grange 1994» Barossa, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra Penfolds Grange 1996» Barossa McLaren Adelaide Padthaway Penfolds Grange 1997» Barossa McLaren Bordertown Penfolds Grange 1999» Barossa Penfolds Grange 2000» Barossa Penfolds Grange 2001» Barossa Penfolds Grange 2002» Barossa McLaren Penfolds Grange 2004» Barossa McLaren Magill Penfolds Grange 2005» Barossa McLaren Coonawarra Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1.5L MAGNUM 1987» Barossa McLaren Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1.5L MAGNUM 1988» Barossa, Padthaway, McLaren Vale Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1.5L MAGNUM 1989» Barossa McLaren Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1960» Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1975» Barossa Coonawarra Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1987» Barossa McLaren Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1988» Barossa, Padthaway, McLaren Vale Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1989» Barossa McLaren Penfolds Great Grandfather Port» Barossa Penfolds Koonunga Hill Cabernet Merlot 2007» McLaren Langhorne Limestone Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz 2008» Barossa Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008» McLaren Barossa Coonawarra Penfolds Rawsons Retreat Cabernet 2008» Penfolds Rawsons Retreat Chardonnay 2008» Penfolds Rawsons Retreat Shiraz Cabernet 2008» Padthaway Langhorne Riverland McLaren Penfolds RWT Shiraz 2003 1.5L MAGNUM» Barossa Penfolds RWT Shiraz 2005» Barossa Penfolds RWT Shiraz 2006» Barossa Penfolds RWT Shiraz 2006 1.5L MAGNUM» Barossa Penfolds St Henri 2006 1.5L MAGNUM» Barossa McLaren Robe Penfolds St Henri 1999» Barossa Padthaway McLaren Coonawarra Clare Penfolds St Henri 2006» Barossa McLaren Robe Penfolds Thomas Hyland Cabernet 2008» Penfolds Thomas Hyland Shiraz 2007»
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Paracombe is an award winning, family operation gaining recognition in Australia and internationally, producing a distinctive range of wines displaying finesse and varietal intensity
The Paracombe vineyard and winery is located in some of South Australia’s most picturesque countryside, the Adelaide Hills. The surrounding terrain is quite hilly with some parts being very steep, yet our vineyard rests on this exclusive parcel of relatively flat plateau. Paul and Kathy Drogemuller established Paracombe Wines in 1983 following the Ash Wednesday bushfires. The property, a former dairy farm was totally ravaged by the bushfire. Despite the devastation, Paul and Kathy could see great potential as a vineyard site and commenced plantings which has grown to close to 16 hectares today. Together with hard work and vision they designed and built a fully operational winery with facility to crush around 1000 tonnes of fruit.
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The challenge began when it was decided to fashion hand made wines from precious fruit grown to superlative sites which escaped the vine pull of the 1980s
The Longhop and Old Plains range of wines are produced by Domenic Torzi and Tim Freeland. The former Gawler high school mates first mooted the idea of making icon wines from the Adelaide Plains in 2002. Vineyards were secured, the requirement being old vines a priority. The small band of growers have embraced the ideal of delivering premium grapes in order to showcase the power and rich fruit flavours the Adelaide Plains has to offer.
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Nepenthe is described by Homer in the Odyssey as an Egyptian herbal drink so powerful that it eases grief and banishes sorrow from the mind
Up in the cool heights of the Adelaide Hills, Nepenthe have been producing some soul reposing potions of their own, uncompromising wines of outstanding quality and internationally recognised distinction. Wines that, strangely enough, have been impressing both critics and consumers with their varietal faithfulness and subtle Adelaide Hills nuances.
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Longview is recognised as one of the Adelaide Hills’ leading vineyards
Longview Vineyard is just south of the historic township of Macclesfield in the Adelaide Hills, about 40 minutes south-east of the city of Adelaide. Since its early days as one of the area's largest dairy farms, Longview has now been meticulously restored and developed into one of South Australia's premium wine tourism destinations. The name Longview aptly describes this vineyard which has panoramic views over the property itself and the surrounding countryside as well as far reaching outlook to the Coorong and Lake Alexandrina.
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Leabrook Estate is a family-owned boutique winery located in the cool climate Adelaide Hills at Lobethal in South Australia
Leabrook Estate specialises in high quality Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and produces wines from a range of other cool climate varieties including Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. The story of Leabrook Estate started in 1978 around bottles of Burgundian wines at dinner parties. The wines had great character and delicacy. This was the beginning of Leabrook estate founder Colin Best's love affair with Burgundy and things Burgundian. These wines had an extra dimension of elegance and intensity.
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Knappstein is one of the most recognisable and popular Clare Valley wineries
Knappstein are a small producer of premium quality wines, who manage their own vineyards. Redeveloped around the historic Enterprise Brewery building at the heart of Clare township, and deeply connected to the community and cultural life of Clare. The Knappstein name has been involved in the wine business in Clare since 1895. The winery was originally founded by Tim Knappstein as Enterprise Wines, a name utilised for the premium Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard and thus honouring the Knappstein heritage as early winemakers connected with Clare for well over 100 years.
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Kellermeister is a small family owned winery situated on the Barossa Valley Highway at Lyndoch, established in 1979 by Ralph and Val Jones
Ralph was for fifteen years the National Marketing manager for Orlando wines prior to founding his own estate. Trevor Jones began his winemaking career in 1977 at Bernkastel Wines, with Rob O'Callaghan, working through two vintages, before accepting a position as assistant winemaker at Karrawirra Wines in 1979. In 1982 Trevor was appointed winemaker and remained in that position until 1986. During Trevor's time at Karrawirra he also made wines for Kellermeister.
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The Jim Barry vineyards were established in the cool uplands of the North Mount Lofty ranges in 1959
In his 57 years of winemaking, the late Jim Barry saw many changes. Jim Barry graduated from Roseworthy Agricultural College in 1947 and was offered a position at the Clarevale Cooperative, becoming the first qualified winemaker to work in the Clare Valley. In 1959 Jim and his wife Nancy purchased their first property on the northern outskirts of Clare and in 1964 purchased 70 acres of land from Duncan McRae Wood, part of which now forms the famous Armagh vineyard. With a growing family to look after, Jim took on the challenge of establishing his own winery and cellar door, with the first home-made wines being produced in 1974. "When I first came to the Clare Valley, grapes were delivered by horse and cart. Today our business is international but one thing won't change, at the end of the day, the wines are what matters!"
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The original Jamiesons Run was a remote outback sheep station owned by the Jamiesons Brothers in the mid 1800's
Jamiesons Run, based in the heart of the famous Coonawarra region was named as a tribute to it's pioneering past. Two men separated by time and distance laid the foundations for Jamiesons Run's creation. The first was Alfred Deakin, Australia's second prime minister with the assistance of Canadian irrigation experts William and George Chaffey and the second was John Riddoch.
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The history of Jacob's Creek begins with the earliest settlement of South Australia
Colonel William Light, who surveyed the city of Adelaide in 1836, made his way northeast to the Barossa Valley, which he named after an English victory in the south of Spain during the recent Napoleonic Wars. Later, when William Jacob surveyed the Barossa in 1839, he and his brother John took up land in the Hundred of Moorooroo; a word derived from the aboriginal meeting of two waters The two waters involved were the North Para River and a creek, which fed into it. The creek was later named Jacob’s Creek after William Jacob. Today, the Jacob brothers small cottages still stand, overlooking Jacob's Creek.
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Hungerford Hill has always pushed the boundaries.
Since its founding in the 1970s in the world famous Hunter Valley, Sydney's doorstep, Hungerford Hill has been at the forefront of multi-regional winemaking, producing award-winning wines from Australia's best regions.
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Dean Hewitson is driven by passion. His creation of individual, exquisite wines from the ancient vineyards of South Australia is for your indulgence
Dean Hewitson captures the essence of history and the magic in old vines and bottles it. His passion for wine is undeniable and his desire to share this passion is even greater. This led him to a life in which he creates wine purely for the enjoyment of others. Rather than purchasing vineyards, Hewitson made the savvy business decision to create long term associations with a network of established growers, allowing him to seek out the varietals he desired.
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Henschke is one of the longest established family names in the Barossa
Johann Christian Henschke purchased land for a farm at Keyneton in 1861, after fleeing religious persecution in Silesia. He planted a small vineyard and an orchard, and after initially making wine for family consumption produced his first commercial vintage in 1868, believed to be principally riesling and shiraz. Each subsequent generation built upon the reputation for quality, but it was fourth-generation Cyril Alfred Henschke who in 1958 created the wine that has most captured the red wine world's imagination - Hill of Grace.
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Thomas Hardy left Devon in 1850 at the age of 20 and migrated to the new colony of South Australia
He established a winery on the banks of Adelaide's River Torrens in 1853. His Bankside winery was the start of an outstanding family wine business that grew to become one of the world's great wine companies. Thomas Hardy was a self-made man, a pioneer of immense character. With a mixture of energy, determination, shrewd judgment, innovation and a touch of daring, he pursued the highest standards in winemaking. At Bankside, and later at his McLaren Vale property Tintara, he focused on quality and craftsmanship. Tintara was to become the centre of Hardy's enterprise and by the late 1800s was one of the best-equipped and managed wineries in Australia. This success was substantially due to Hardy's initiatives in planting higher quality, lower yielding varieties rather than the coarser, heavier-yielding types more common at the time. His willingness to experiment with and to use novel equipment, much of which he designed and built himself, also contributed to this success.
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Grosset Wines is an independently owned winery set in the Clare Valley producing just six highly regarded premium wines each vintage
Established in 1981 by Jeffrey Grosset in the historic township of Auburn in the southern tip of the Clare Valley 100 kilometres north of Adelaide, the winery is stylish but functional and reflects the attention to detail that extends to the Grosset estate-owned Clare Valley vineyards and to the winemaking.
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Established in 1988, Grant Burge Wines has grown to become one of the top 10 privately owned wine companies in Australia.
The company has a strong commitment to its loyal Australian consumers and also energetically pursues overseas markets in the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, the United States and Asia. Grant Burge is a fifth generation winemaker absolutely committed to the Barossa Valley. He strongly believes that fine wines are born in the vineyard and that vineyards are the cradle of wine quality.
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A bottle of good wine can help solve many problems, such were the thoughts of Norm Doole and Drew Dowie as they watched the sun rise after enduring a cold, all-night session harvesting some of their fruit from the difficult 1995 vintage
Seeing their grapes being trucked away to other wineries and frustrated at not being in control of their fruit from that point, the two opened a bottle of red wine over breakfast and decided then to form a partnership, the purpose of which was to take charge of all aspects of growing grapes, making, bottling and selling their own wine.
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The heart of McLaren Vale- past and present, d’Arenberg is one of the most significant wineries in Australia
In 1912 Joseph Osborn, a teetotaller and director of Thomas Hardy and Sons, purchased the well established Milton Vineyards of 25 hectares in the hills just north of the townships of Gloucester and Bellevue, now known as McLaren Vale. Joseph’s son Francis Ernest (‘Frank’) Osborn left medical school, choosing to forsake the scalpel for pruning shears. He soon increased the size of the vineyard to 78 hectares. Fruit was sold to local wineries until the construction of his own cellars was completed in 1928. Dry red table and fortified wines were produced in ever increasing quantities to supply the expanding markets of Europe.
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Brian Croser, chief winemaker of Petaluma has been closely involved in the administration and evolution of the modern Australian wine industry.
Established by Brian Croser in 1976, Petaluma is one of Australia's most prominent wine companies. Brian was the head winemaker for Thomas Hardy & Sons before establishing the Riverina College of Advanced Education course of Wine Science and Viticulture in 1976. While at the Riverina College he worked as a consultant to leading wineries and also established the Petaluma wine business in 1976.
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Cleanskins
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Chapel Hill takes its name from the historic ironstone church built at the property in 1865
Chapel Hill Winery is entirely in the Hills Face Zone. In 1990 environmental consultants were briefed to advise regarding development in this sensitive rural preserve. The estate obtained planning approval from the Minister for Environment and Planning in 1991, and built the winery in 1993. Chapel Hill is the embodiment of the wine and food experience delivered using the best of environmental practices by people who are passionate about their product and the McLaren Vale winegrowing region.
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The Chain of Ponds winery was established in 1985 on the outskirts of Gumeracha, approximately 4km from the original township
The Chain of Ponds initially described a creek which ran all the way from beyond Kersbrook to its confluence with the River Torrens near Prairie in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. The area was dotted at regular intervals with small ponds, having no visible connection above the ground but never drying up even in the driest, hottest summers. Much of the chain of water holes known as the Chain of Ponds vanished under the waters of the Millbrook Reservoir in 1918. While vineyards have been part of the makeup of the area since colonisation, the Chain of Ponds Winery was the first major planting of any note in the northern area of the Adelaide Hills region.
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The unique combination of the Adelaide Hills chilly climate, diverse soils and natural elevation all play a major part in making the Bridgewater Mill wines so special
Made by the Petaluma winemaking team, Bridgewater Mill is focussed on producing cool climate Adelaide Hills wines. When coupled with the winemaker's integrity and focus on preserving the cool, crisp fruit from vineyard to bottle, what ends up on your table is a sophisticated yet simple wine designed to enjoy and to share. The perfect accompaniment to any meal, whether you're fine dining or lunching with friends.
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Ashton Hills
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It was on October 2 1851 that Francis Treloar purchased his first piece of land in Watervale on which the historic Quelltaler winery stands today
On January 3, 1853 Treloar and his family moved to their new home in Watervale. The house was a simple hut like so many in which pioneer families began their farming lives. On June 15, 1854 Treloar planted his first patch of vines which he obtained as cuttings from a Mr Solly.
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Winemaker Sarah Fletcher, had a very clear vision for Alta from day one
Sarah wanted to showcase South Australia's Adelaide Hills as an outstanding cool climate wine region, selecting specific varieties and handpicking quality fruit. This has allowed her to create fresh, varietal wine styles with depth and obvious regional character. "My aim is to produce wines from varieties that thrive in the cool climate of the Adelaide Hills, each showing strong varietal character and distinctive regional expression."
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