The Cabinet
Wineries
The producers whose cellar doors and allocations are worth the application.
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Penfolds Magill Estate
Magill, Adelaide · SA
The original Penfolds vineyard at the foot of the Adelaide hills, planted 1844 by Dr Christopher Rawson Penfold and Mary Penfold, and the home of Grange.
Henschke
Keyneton, Eden Valley · SA
A six-generation family winery in the Eden Valley, Barossa, with the Hill of Grace vineyard whose ungrafted Shiraz vines were planted by Nicolaus Stanitzki around 1860.
Wendouree
Clare Valley · SA
Alfred Percy Birks planted the first vines in 1892 on the western edge of Clare and released the first Wendouree wines in 1895.
Tyrrell's Wines
Pokolbin · Sydney
Edward Tyrrell's 1858 vines on Broke Road, Pokolbin.
Vasse Felix
Cowaramup, Margaret River · WA
The founding winery of Margaret River, planted 1967 by Dr Tom Cullity.
Leeuwin Estate
Margaret River · WA
Margaret River's other founding-tier winery, established 1973 by Denis and Tricia Horgan.
Audrey Wilkinson
Pokolbin · Sydney
Frederick Wilkinson planted the first vines on this Pokolbin hillside in 1866, on land his Wilkinson grandfather Alfred had selected; son Audrey took over the running of the prop…
Brokenwood Wines
Pokolbin · Sydney
Founded 1970 by Tony Albert, John Beeston and James Halliday; Iain Riggs joined as Chief Winemaker in 1982 and shaped the modern house style.
Lake's Folly
Pokolbin · Sydney
Dr Max Lake's 1963 vineyard, the first new Hunter planting of the twentieth century, and the one that demonstrated the region could grow Cabernet at all.
Mount Pleasant Wines
Pokolbin · Sydney
Established 1921 by Maurice O'Shea, the father of modern Australian winemaking, whose name remains the icon range.
Margan Wines
Broke Fordwich · Sydney
Lisa and Andrew Margan's 1996 family winery on the volcanic soils of Broke, twenty minutes west of Pokolbin proper, with second-generation Ollie now in the business.
Keith Tulloch Wine
Pokolbin · Sydney
Keith and Amanda Tulloch's small family winery, established 1997, with daughter Jessica and son Alisdair now in the business.
Silkman Wines
Pokolbin · Sydney
Liz and Shaun Silkman's personal wine label, started 2013 as a side project; both are senior at First Creek Wines (Liz Chief Winemaker, Shaun COO) where they produce more than a…
De Iuliis
Pokolbin · Sydney
Joss and Anna De Iuliis's twenty-hectare Lovedale Road vineyard, converted from grazing land with the first vines planted in 1990 and the wine programme starting in 2000.
Gundog Estate
Pokolbin · Sydney
Matt Burton's 2011 boutique five-star producer, with a cellar door in the historic Pokolbin schoolhouse and a second in Canberra.
Ross Hill Wines
Orange · Sydney
Terri and Peter Robson planted the first vines at Griffin Road in 1994; now run across three generations with son James and his wife Chrissy in the business since 2007.
Philip Shaw Wines
Orange · Sydney
Philip Shaw, the long-time Rosemount chief winemaker (1982-2003) and twice London International Winemaker of the Year (1986, 2000), planted the Koomooloo Vineyard above Orange in…
Meerea Park
Pokolbin · Sydney
A 1991 family winery owned and managed by brothers Garth and Rhys Eather, descended from land granted to Thomas Eather at Bulga in 1826.