I grew up in Healesville, and did a little bit of summer work in vineyards, starting in '91. In '99 I started working in wineries full time. I only occasionally look back and wonder 'what was I thinking?'
The Vineyard was established in 1996 by Dr. Richard Gutch OAM and Verna Gutch and family on their property Hill Paddock situated on the Yarra River, ten kilometres from the township of Healesville in the Yarra Valley region of Victoria, Australia.
"Wine is made in the vineyard" so the approach to winemaking is of minimal handling. The grapes are harvested by hand according to fruit flavours at about 13 degrees baume. The grapes have little or no filtration. Only French oak is used with a...