Three Minds
Three Minds is a tribute to the friendship of three migrants from Toscana, Puglia and Abruzzo, stirred up with decades of immersion in Australian culture and companionship in the wine industry. Carlo, Fred and Mario came from the golden triangle of Italy’s food and wine areas, and their love of a good red is one […]
Echidna
Echidna wines offer exceptional value for money and have gained overwhelming popularity in Australia and overseas. The grapes are chosen from quality vineyards throughout South Eastern Australia, where the emphasis is placed on producing quality, ripe fruit, bursting with flavour. Echidna wines are well balanced and feature dominant fruit flavours. They are soft, medium-bodied wines […]
Barbaresso Oyzo
Barbaresso’s history begins in Smyrna, with ‘Special Vlassis’, a liquor distilled from local grape must and flavoured with currants, fennel and other aromatics. Produced by the Vlassis family, Greeks living and trading within the Ottoman empire, life was not always peaceful. As it happens, in 1828, while the seas churned with warfare, they called upon […]
Howard Park
Encompassing a 30-year history and overseen by two generations of the Burch family, Howard Park has vineyards in Western Australia’s premier grape-growing regions of Margaret River and the Great Southern. The flagship Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon also has the highest three-merit rating on the Real Review. Howard Park is helmed by Jeff and Amy Burch, who […]
Sevenhill Cellars
The longest-established Australian domain of our portfolio, Sevenhill Cellars began in 1851 when Jesuits settled in the area and planted vines to produce sacramental wine. Described by Halliday as “One of the historical treasures of Australia”, the stone cellars are the oldest in the Clare Valley and have been continually operational since inception. Along with […]
Baitz
Melbourne’s own liqueurs were created by Eddie Baitz in 1946. Inspired by his father Clifford (who ran a Fitzroy wine bar and shop with celebrated vintner Samuel Wynn), Edward started experimenting with liqueurs back in his Melbourne High School days, and what started as an obsession with Benedictine became a quest for balance and invention. […]
Stefani Estate
Stefano Stefani comes from the rolling hills of Tuscany where his grandfather owned a vineyard and was an avid collector of fine wines. Some years after moving to Australia in 1985, Stefano and his wife Rina acquired their first vineyard at Long Gully Road in the Yarra Valley, planted to Pinot Grigio, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay […]
Serafino
Steve Maglieri is so good at setting up a family winegrowing business, he’s done it twice. Maglieri Wines and its estate was sold to Beringer Blass in the 1990s after 40 years of operation. Soon after, Steve acquired the old Andrew Garret site, which is now his own family estate, named Serafino (Steve’s Italian name). […]
Scarpantoni
Abruzzo native Domenico Scarpantoni purchased his first vineyard in McLaren Vale in 1958. While building a firm regional resume at Hardy’s Tintara winery then as vineyard manager for Seaview Wines, he privately became one of the largest independent grape growers in McLaren Vale. The winery was finally built in 1979 with help from sons Michael […]
Majella
Still family-owned and resting entirely on Coonawarra’s terra rossa strip, Majella Wines is one of Australia’s most awarded small wineries. The Lynn family have been residents of the Penola – Coonawarra district for five generations, and since 1968 they have been graziers and wine growers. Just over half of Majella’s 60 hectares of vines are […]