Put simply, Duane Coates MW is a maverick. Fearful of the waft of lime that is the trademark of many an Australian riesling, for example, he attempts to shift the ...

Andy and Alice Colquhoun planted their vineyard (2ha each of chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon and 1ha of riesling) in 1994. The wine is sold through the cellar door and by mailing list. -JAMES HALLIDAY ...

In 1997 Peter and Cath Mullany began to diversify the cherry and stone fruit orchard set up by Peter's father in 1965 by establishing a vineyard on part of the land. They now have 2ha each of shiraz ...

Redesdale Estate was planted in 1982 on the rocky northeast slopes of a 25ha grazing property fronting the Campaspe River. The vineyard property was sold in 2016; Peter and Suzanne Williams now live ...

In 2001 Benny D'Angelo purchased and planted a 4ha vineyard on a northfacing hillside in Officer, Vic, and began making wines under the D'Angelo Estate Vineyard Label. A cellar door was established in ...

Robert and Leanne Black purchased their 8ha property in 1997, part of a larger block that in the latter part of the 19th century was home to the then-renowned 14ha Hercynia Vineyard. After a trial ...

Ken Hutchison has planted a small vineyard equally to shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and merlot. As his knowledge of the region grows, and as his experience as a vigneron increases, he intends to increase ...

Mark Ravenscroft was born in South Africa and studied oenology there. He moved to Australia in the early '90s, and in ’94 became an Australian citizen. His wines come from estate plantings of verdelho ...

Prince Hill Wines merged with Watson Wine Group in 2010. Since then it has gained recognition for a number of its wines, which include varietals from Central Ranges, Mudgee and Clare. Exports to the ...

Andy and Melinda Murdock purchased Murdup in 1996, retaining the name of the property which was first settled for grazing in the 1860s. They began by planting 10.5ha of vineyard, the lion's share ...

Making hand-crafted, small-batch wines from the Barossa and Eden Valleys, Domaine Sophie Claire is the tiny cellar-door-only brand of Thorn-Clarke Assistant Winemaker Sophie Melton. The compact range ...

The Richards family, having bred Angus cattle for decades, diversified (in a small way) into grapegrowing in 1993. The vineyard has been planted on a northeast-facing slope on red volcanic clay loam, ...