After 15 years winemaking in Australia (Petaluma, Tatachilla and Red Hill Estate), France (Domaine Lafage), Chile (Santa Rita) and Spain (Bodegas Borsao), Simon Greenleaf established a small winery in ...

To decant or not decant? That is the age-old question. Here are five things to consider before pouring that wine. I love decanting ­– the ceremony, the theatre, the mechanics – but it can be ...

Brian and Julie Hurse are long-time A-grade Seppelt growers. They still sell the majority of the production from the vineyard to TWE. The wines are made by Jo Marsh, who worked with the fruit for 8 ...

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 ...

Small Gully was founded by grapegrowers Robert Bader and Darren Zimmerman and winemaker Stephen Black (ex Barossa Valley Wine Estates). The trio built a winery on Darren’s Marananga property in ’02, ...

Having established the business back in 1997, Terry Dolle made the decision to sell the Manildra Vineyard in 2009. He now makes wine from small parcels of hand-picked fruit, using an old basket press ...

The Wine Doctor is the brand name of Resveratrol Wines Pty Ltd, a joint venture between Dr Philip Norrie, former owner of Pendarves Estate (which has now been sold, though he retains the Pendarves ...

Owned and run by Joch Bosworth (viticulture and winemaking) and partner Louise Hemsley-Smith (sales and marketing), this winery takes its name from the battle that ended the War of the Roses, fought ...

Platypus Lane, with a core of 2.5ha of chardonnay, shiraz and muscat, gained much publicity for owner Ian Gibson when its Shiraz won the inaugural John Gladstones Trophy at the Qantas WA Wine Show for ...

Dentist turned vigneron and winemaker Joe Ceravolo, and wife Heather, have been producing single vineyard wines from their 16ha estate on the Adelaide Plains since 1999, enjoying wine show success ...

Graham and Jenny Ellender have established pinot noir (2.7ha), chardonnay (1ha), sauvignon blanc (0.2ha) and pinot gris (0.1ha). Wine style is restricted to those varieties true to the ultra-cool ...

The clement weather and sandy soils of Nagambie Lakes have seen various varieties thrive here, but none have such a rich history as shiraz. The area is home to some wonderful old vines, and the ...