Nannup Estate is owned by Mark Blizard and family. The vineyard sits high on the granite ridges of the Blackwood River escarpment. The first 6ha of vines were planted in '98, with subsequent plantings ...

The 7.2ha vineyard was planted between 1972 and '74. When Keith Wood who worked for Seppelt at Great Western, purchased the property in 1990, the winery and the vineyard needed rehabilitation. He ...

Bruce and Judy McLeod progressively established a micro-vineyard of chambourcin, verdelho, malbec, chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon between 1998 and 2004. It is situated on a north-facing slope, with ...

The derivation of the name Cirko V is, to put it mildly, eclectic. Cirko is Esperanto for circus, and V is an abbreviation of vie, French for life. Inspired partly by Cirque du Soleil and Circus Oz, ...

LS Merchants was started by Dylan Arvidson and his partner Taryn in 2017. Arvidson was born in Blenheim NZ, raised in Geelong and moved to Margaret River in 2009 to work at Juniper Estate. LS ...

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 ...

Peter and Tina Sexton planted 5ha of vineyard in the early 1990s; pinot noir and chardonnay are the principal varieties, with a small amount of cabernet sauvignon and merlot. While on a north-facing ...

Joe and Elizabeth Brischetto planted the first vines in 1996, expanding the vineyard to its present size of 12 000 vines (around 8ha) the following year. The winery is at the coastal town of Bargara, ...

This is the venture of Malcolm and Alison Mackinnon. They purchased the Nine Gums Vineyard in '01. It had been planted to shiraz in '95–96. The majority of the grapes are sold, with a lesser portion ...

Brendan Black speaks to Kate Goodman, Steve Baraglia and Sarah Crowe about stepping into the role of chief winemaker at ...

This is a micro-operation run by Cate Lister, with estate plantings of chardonnay, roussanne, viognier and marsanne, the grapes for Soliloquy continuing to be purchased ‘until the perfect spot is ...

Richard and Suzie Wood purchased the 46ha Manorbier property in 1988 near Cootamundra, breeding Angus cattle until 2004 when they decided to diversify with the planting of 4ha of shiraz on a ...