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 ...

Sandra (ex-kindergarten teacher turned cheesemaker) and Guido Vazzoler (ex-Brown Brothers) acquired the long-established Murchison Estate vineyard in 2003 (renaming it Longleat Wines), after living on ...

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 ...

Herb and Sandie Van De Wiel have been grapegrowers in McLaren Vale for 16 years, and in 1999 they were able to purchase the former Curtis winery. They have two vineyards: the oldest (Foggos Road) is ...

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 ...

It was while on a tour of Europe that (the now former) Australian Army solider Jason Barrette decided to ditch the battlefields in favour of barrels. After completing his oenology degree at Adelaide ...