An apt introduction given the history of Killara. Now Passionately run by the Palazzo Family it was David Syme in the late 1890’s who took the name Killara from an Aboriginal word (meaning always there) The Italian for welcome, benvenuti, is what...
Wantirna Estate Vineyard is not far from the centre of Melbourne, in the south-eastern area of Australia. Planted in 1963 Wantirna Estate was the first of the new generation vineyards, the Yarra Valley having been an important grape growing area...
Giant Steps is a privately owned, estate based, Yarra Valley grower and winemaker. Giant Steps has forged a reputation for delivering some of Australia’s most consistent, over-performing, Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs.
Born of a love of nature, doing things the slow way and a shared dream, Bobar has a sense of what is old is new is old again. Grapes are perfect to make wine just the way they are, nothing added and nothing taken away.
Hillcrest Vineyard is a micro-boutique maker of individual, classically styled wines. It looks to the best producers from the famous French regions of Burgundy and Bordeaux as both their inspiration and benchmark.
The home of revered winemaker Timo Mayer, must surely sit at one of the best viewpoints of the Yarra Valley. Atop the aptly titled Bloody Hill, Timo and his partner Rhonda built their fantastic rammed earth home 14-years-ago.
Fin Wines, a fermentation collective, launched in January 2020 with a range of wines, ciders and piquettes. Fin Wines is producing young, fresh and most importantly fun drinks with an emphasis on drinkability.
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?'
Wine is never the hero. It simply provides more enjoyment in the right context. It’s a hot summer’s day and I choose to cool down by the pool with a glass of rosé. Out to lunch with my girlfriends and I love to share the day with chardonnay.
Located in the rolling Seville hills in Victoria’s Yarra Valley, the dry grown handpicked vineyards are planted to just 12 acres of vines, generally yielding less than 3 tonnes to the acre. Less than 1500 dozen bottles are produced annually.