Owned by Leo and Gina Palazzo, the Sunnyside Vineyard is the new home of Killara Estate. It features the Racers and Rascals Cafe and cellar door, enjoying sweeping views of the valley and nearby ...

Grapegrower, viticultural consultant and vigneron, Doug Balnaves, and wife Annette, started in the wine industry in the early ’70s. In ’90 they were joined by daughter Kirsty and son Pete in what ...

An affiliate of Kaesler Wines, its primary focus is on exports. The Polish Hill and Watervale vines are primarily planted to shiraz, cabernet and riesling, but a little semillon, malbec, chardonnay ...

Named after the Applejack eucalypts that surround the vineyard, which was planted at Gladysdale in 1997 by Ray Guerin. Seven clones comprising 114, 115, MV6, D2V5, D5V15, Pommard and Abel. Whole ...

Barossa Valley shiraz is a global brand – and justifiably so. But, as Dave Brookes discovered on a recent tasting trip for the 2026 Companion, there’s a lot more to this iconic region. About an hour’s ...

Simon Tolley is a 5th-generation grape grower who has managed vineyards across SA, from Padthaway and Naracoorte to Clare and McLaren Vale as well as Margaret River in WA. Based in the Adelaide Hills, ...

Best’s winery and vineyards date back to 1866. One of the vines planted in the Nursery Block has defied identification and is thought to exist nowhere else in the world. The Thomson family has owned ...

To qualify for this award, each winery has to have received a 5-star rating for the first time, and a history of at least four lesser ratings. Dal Zotto Wines is Dark Horse of the Year, and ...

The Dalbosco family has been farming in Porepunkah since 1930, and planted the vineyard in '94 on a sloping site with a northerly aspect offering glorious views towards Mt Buffalo, the soil brown to ...

Wine writer Erin Larkin shares a surprising trend from her tasting of WA cabernet for the annual Halliday Wine Companion. Sitting on the other side of the ‘tasting season’, as I have started to call ...

Fox Creek has a winemaking history that dates back to '84 when Helen and Dr Jim Watts purchased a 32ha property in McLaren Vale. The winery has been upgraded to handle the expanded production of Fox ...

West Cape Howe is owned by a partnership of 4 WA families, including those of Gavin Berry and Rob Quenby. Grapes are sourced from estate vineyards in Mount Barker and Frankland River. The Langton ...