With more than 50 years’ experience, John Vickery was the uncrowned but absolute monarch of riesling makers in Australia until, in his semi-retirement, he passed the mantle on to Jeffrey Grosset.
Minot, which takes its name from a small chateau in the Loire Valley, is the husband and wife venture of Kenneth and Madeleine Miles. It produces two wines from the estate plantings: Cabernet ...
The derivation of the name is even more direct and simple than you might imagine: the owners are Stuart and Liz Brumby, who decided to plant grapes for supply to others before moving to having an ...
Following the acquisition of Doonkuna by Barry and Maureen Moran in late 1996, the plantings were increased to almost 20 ha, and include shiraz, chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, sauvignon blanc, ...
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Former long-serving Best's winemaker Simon Clayfield and wife Kaye are now doing their own thing. They have 2ha of shiraz planted in 1997, and 0.2ha of riesling was planted in late '19. Additional ...
Bob Derrick was a teacher at Mudgee TAFE when Gil Walquist asked him to teach aspects of the first viticulture course. Bob says that teaching the course was a two-way affair, where he felt he learned ...
The Brown family has for many years been the largest independent grapegrower in Padthaway, a district in which most of the vineyards were established and owned by Wynns, Seppelt, Lindemans and Hardys, ...
Rod and Cecile Roberts retained the best consultants in the state when their 20ha Ossa Vineyard was planted and the first wines made. Tasmanian Vintners is a custom crush and ferment facility ...
Nangwarry Station was purchased by Ian McLachlan in 1964, variously a former high profile President of the National Farmers Federation and Federal Minister of Defence. The property is now managed by ...
Stephen Hambour and John Sandery began the establishment of the Cape Banks vineyard in 2000, with a planting of 10.7ha of pinot noir. Six ha of chardonnay and 3ha of sauvignon blanc were added in 2002 ...
This was one of the better-kept secrets among the wine cognoscenti, but not among the many customers who drank thousands of cases of white and red Lambrusco every year; an example of niche marketing ...