The story of Arran Murphy has a fairytale ring to it. He began as an unqualified cellar hand at Tahbilk in 2000, and in '03 was offered the opportunity of a traineeship at Plunkett Wines. He began ...
1837 Barossa commemorates the date on which Colonel William Light named the Barossa. Red wines hail exclusively from the estate near Lyndoch, while whites are sourced from Eden Valley growers.
One of the smaller and lower-profile wineries on the Mornington Peninsula, with Ken Bilham quietly doing his own thing on 2ha of estate plantings amid 20ha of bushland. Lunch, dinner and functions ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The ultimate guide to virtually sort your wine collection. Start adding to your virtual cellar now. The Halliday Virtual Cellar is a cellar management tool, exclusive to members, for keeping track of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sandra and Lindsay Whaling preside over the picturesque cellar door building of Sandalyn on the evocatively named Wilderness Road, where you will find a one-hole golf range and views to the Wattagan, ...
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.