Nigel is a fifth-generation member of the Dolan family, son Tim the sixth: truly, wine is in their blood. Nigel's father Bryan enrolled in the first oenology course offered by Roseworthy, graduating ...

Wild Dog is a family-owned business operated by Gary and Judy Surman. Since acquiring the business in 2005 much work has been done in the vineyard (planted in 1982) with grafting, replanting and ...

John Griffiths, former Houghton winemaker, teamed with wife Jane Micallef to found Faber Vineyard. They have established shiraz, verdelho (1.5ha each), brown muscat, chardonnay and petit verdot (0.5ha ...

Tasmanian sparkling and pinot noir specialist, Pipers Brook Vineyard, marks 50 vintages. This year, Pipers Brook Vineyard celebrates its 50th anniversary. But as well as an excuse to crack a bottle of ...

Alice, Peter and John Phillips have established a business with a clear marketing plan and an obvious commitment to quality. The vineyard is planted to chardonnay, viognier, sauvignon blanc, semillon, ...

Grosset has released new vintages of its Polish Hill, Springvale and Alea rieslings, along with the Apiana Fiano. Grosset is the namesake label of Jeffrey Grosset, who James Halliday describes as the ...

Paul Nelson started making wine with one foot in the Swan Valley and the other in the Great Southern while completing a bachelor’s degree in viticulture and oenology at Curtin University. He then ...

Emma and David White once described themselves as corporate renegades and were known by their friends as 'wine chasers'. But no more. Emma 'retired' at the age of 40 from her career as CFO and COO of ...

Di Fabio Estate is the venture of brothers Goe and Tony Di Fabio. Their parents Giovanni and Maria Di Fabio purchased their first vineyard in McLaren Vale in 1966 (with a tradition stretching back ...

The first harvest from the Phillip Island Vineyard was marked in 1997, and the vineyard (sauvignon blanc, chardonnay, merlot, cabernet sauvignon and pinot noir) is totally enclosed in the permanent ...

Domenic Torzi and Tracy Matthews, former Adelaide Plains residents, searched for a number of years before finding a block at Mount McKenzie in the Eden Valley. The block they chose is in a hollow; the ...

Things are very different at Mudgee Wines these days under the ownership of Bill Whalley and Jane McLean. The focus of the vineyard (and hence the wines) is on cabernet sauvignon, shiraz, durif, negro ...