Jacob's Creek blickt auf eine reiche Weinbautradition zurück, die bis ins Jahr 1847 zurückreicht, als Johann Gramp seinen ersten Weinberg am Ufer des Jacob's Creek in Südaustralien pflanzte. Seine Vision war es, Weine herzustellen, die den Charakter der Trauben und des Landes widerspiegeln. Dieses Erbe hat seit über 170 Jahren Bestand und Jacob's Creek produziert auch heute noch Weine, die die einzigartigen Qualitäten jeder Rebsorte, die durch den australischen Boden und die Sonne geformt wurden, zum Ausdruck bringen. Im Herzen des Barossa Valley gelegen, ist Jacob's Creek eng mit seiner natürlichen Umgebung verbunden. Der kleine Bach, der durch das Weingut fließt, wurde im Laufe der Jahre sorgfältig erhalten und ist ein Symbol für das Engagement des Weinguts für Nachhaltigkeit und Umweltverantwortung. Jacob's Creek ist bekannt für sein Engagement für nachhaltige Praktiken, die sicherstellen, dass das Land so gesund und lebendig bleibt wie der Wein, den es produziert. Jacob's Creek lässt sich von berühmten australischen Weinregionen wie dem Barossa Valley, Coonawarra und den Adelaide Hills inspirieren und hat sich den Ruf erworben, Weine zu produzieren, die das wahre Wesen dieser Terroirs widerspiegeln. Das Weingut legt großen Wert auf Nachhaltigkeit und wurde für seine Bemühungen zum Schutz der Umwelt ausgezeichnet, was seinen Ruf als führendes australisches Weingut weiter stärkt.

Yalumba begann mit der Anpflanzung von Reben im Jahr 1849 durch den Gründer Samuel Smith. Im Mondschein, im Herzen des Barossa, legte er nicht nur den Grundstein für Generationen von Reben, sondern auch für eine Philosophie, die bis heute Bestand hat: ein tiefer Respekt vor dem Land und die Bereitschaft, sich ins Unbekannte zu wagen. Ein Familienbetrieb kann nicht über drei Jahrhunderte hinweg gedeihen, wenn er statisch bleibt. Veränderung ist eine Konstante, und Innovation ist unerlässlich. Auch wenn die derzeitige sechste Generation der Yalumba-Winzer der Vergangenheit großen Respekt zollt, ist ihr Blick fest auf die Zukunft gerichtet. Ein Unternehmen, das seit 175 Jahren floriert, tut dies, indem es sich ständig weiterentwickelt und sich nie auf seinen Lorbeeren ausruht. Geführt von der fünften und sechsten Generation der Familie Hill-Smith, ist der Erfolg von Yalumba nicht nur der Führung zu verdanken, sondern auch der großen Gemeinschaft - den Küfern, Winzern, Sommeliers, Gastronomen, Einzelhändlern und Händlern, die alle eine gemeinsame Leidenschaft für außergewöhnliche Weine und Qualität haben. Ihr Engagement und ihre Zusammenarbeit treiben Yalumba zu noch größeren Erfolgen. Die Geschichte von Yalumba begann mit Samuel Smiths mutigem Schritt von England in die kleine Stadt Angaston in Südaustralien. Zusammen mit seinem Sohn Sidney pflanzte er 1849 den ersten Weinstock. Dieser Pioniergeist wurde von Sidney Smith bis zu Robert Hill-Smith weitergegeben, der Yalumba in die Moderne führte, indem er Viognier in Australien einführte und zu Ehren seines Großonkels Fred Caley Smith den renommierten Caley Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz herausbrachte. Heute führen Jessica und Lucy Hill-Smith, die sechste Generation, das Familienerbe fort. Jessica ist Geschäftsführerin für PR und Kommunikation und Lucy ist Botschafterin für Wein in Großbritannien. Yalumba widmet sich nach wie vor der Herstellung außergewöhnlicher Weine und freut sich auf das, was vor uns liegt.

St Hugo Wines ist in den historischen Ruinen des 150 Jahre alten Weinguts von William Jacob im Barossa Valley untergebracht, etwa eine Stunde von Adelaide entfernt. Vor der atemberaubenden Kulisse der Weinberge und der Barossa Ranges bietet das Weingut ein einzigartiges Erlebnis, bei dem die Besucher in der Hugo Wine Lounge eine Auswahl der handgefertigten St Hugo-Weine verkosten oder im AGFG 2-Hauben-Restaurant frische, innovative Küche genießen können. Der wunderschön restaurierte Raum verfügt über einen privaten Tagungsraum, eine Außenterrasse und einen Innenhof, der ein raffiniertes Ambiente für Weinliebhaber und Feinschmecker gleichermaßen bietet. An diesem außergewöhnlichen Ort können die Gäste in die reiche Geschichte des Barossa Valley eintauchen und dabei feine, mit Sorgfalt hergestellte Weine genießen. Das Angebot des Restaurants verbindet moderne Techniken mit lokalen Zutaten und ist damit ein ideales Ziel für alle, die sowohl Wein als auch kulinarische Erlebnisse suchen. Von Weinproben bis zum Essen inmitten der Weinberge bietet das St Hugo eine perfekte Mischung aus Geschichte, Tradition und modernem Luxus.

Kellermeister is owned and operated by the Pearce family. While continuing to do small things well and have fun along the way, winemaker / owner Mark Pearce has firmly established considerable pedigree, particularly around the winery's Shiraz and Grenache based wines in recent years. Under Mark's leadership the winery achieved significant success on the world's biggest stage, the International Wine Challenge, in London in 2012 being awarded the World's Best Shiraz, Australia's Best Shiraz and the Barossa's Best Shiraz and then followed up in 2013 being awarded the Barossa's Best Shiraz, Grenache and Mataro. Today the winery is rated in the top 7% of Australian producers by Australia’s most authoritative and acclaimed wine critic, James Halliday. Kellermeister was originally founded founded by Ralph Jones in 1976 and named in honour of his German mother, who died when he was a young boy and whose maiden name he recalled as being 'Keller' before being anglicized. Ralph's ambition in establishing Kellermeister was to “play the Curtain Raiser” in the Barossa Valley, hand making, hand bottling and hand selling small batch wines of true character. With his beloved wife Val beside him he would purchase a century old Shiraz vineyard (known as Kellermeister's Black Sash vineyard today) on a hill near the sleepy southern Barossa town of Lyndoch, and later build the now famous yet still humble mud brick cellar from the scorched red earth of that unique and gloriously located site.

A family history in viticulture dating back 6 generations to 1805, when John's forefathers planted grapes in one of South Africa’s most historical townships, Swellendamn cultivated a deep passion for wine in John from an early age. It is no wonder that after an illustrious career as an international business man and marketing maven, John was drawn back to his family roots and returned to the wine industry starting anew in Australia The expertise gained from 6 years as a marketing director for R. J. Reynolds, living in Switzerland, where he met his Swiss-born wife Evelyne, the U.S.A and Germany, before relocating to Australia has been instrumental in John’s success to building some of the most successful internationally exported Australian wine brands of the 1990s. illustrious career as an international business man and marketing maven, John was drawn back to his family roots and returned to the wine industry starting anew in Australia.

Rolf Heinrich Binder and his wife, Franziska, arrived in Australia (from Austria and Hungary respectively) in 1950 as part of the large influx of post war immigration to Australia. As payment for the government assistance, they worked with the South Australian railways for three years. During that time they met Elmore Schulz, a train driver and grape grower in the Barossa Valley, and namesake to neighbouring Barossa Valley Estate's E&E Shiraz. While picking grapes in the Barossa in 1953, the couple met Langmeil Road winemakers, Chris Vohrer and Wilhelm Abel. This meeting proved to set their future. In 1954 they worked a vintage in this winery and subsequently purchased the business in 1955, renaming it 'Veritas', taken from the Latin quote "In Vino Veritas" - in wine there is truth. The business name was changed from Veritas to Rolf Binder in 2005 to honour the late Rolf Heinrich Binder who passed away in 2003.

After time spent working in Saudi Arabia, Neil and Lorraine Ashmead, moved to the Barossa in 1979, after Lorraine’s father identified a beautiful home with potential. The Ashmeads believed this would be a great place to raise their family. The homestead, in the heart of the township of Nuriootpa, was surrounded by extremely old Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon vines. At a time where demand for Australian table wine was negligible, the vineyard had become derelict. After years of no interest, the real estate agent eventually offered the Ashmeads the 72 acre vineyard as a bonus, as part of the sale of the homestead. Three years later, after restoring the vineyard, Elderton Wines was born. The second generation, Cameron and Allister, took the reins of the business in 2003 and today work together to run Elderton Wines, with Lorraine still involved through her role on the Board. Cameron and Allister believe very strongly in continuing the traditions that began a generation earlier, on the Nuriootpa vineyard. Wanting to take the family company to the next level, they together devised a plan to buy great vineyards in other significant sub appellations of the Barossa. Through using sustainable practices, the hope is that the next generation of the Ashmead family have a lot to work with when they are at the helm. Cameron and Julie have three sons, and Allister and Rebecca have three daughters.

An avid wine enthusiast since his early thirties, after many years of ‘research’, Trevor Harch came to his own conclusion that there really was no other wine that tasted as good as Barossa Shiraz! So why not make some yourself? After several years of visiting the Barossa and falling in love with its people, its history and its wines, long time Buderim residents Trevor and Marilyn Harch, backed up their love affair with this magical region by purchasing the historic Tanunda Cellars bottle shop in the late ’90’s. A venue they are still proud owners of today, ensuring the old store remains the region’s pre-eminent source of great Barossa wines. Trevor expanded this wine connection by also getting involved in both wholesale and retail liquor sales in Queensland. The fire in his belly was well and truly burning and was fuelled by many great Barossa wines. Never shy of a bit of hard work, throughout all of this Trevor was also overseeing his well established avocado and persimmon farm, whilst running the Sunshine Coast’s largest construction company as co-founder and Managing Director. As no stranger to the wine industry and no stranger to growing fruit, the next logical step was to move into growing grapes and have a go a producing his own wine. In 2007 Trevor jumped on an opportunity to purchase an established vineyard in Eden Valley’s Keyneton with a view to retiring down to this gorgeous corner of the world one day with Marilyn.

Prior to establishing Peter Lehmann Wines, Peter had only worked in two wineries, both of which were built more than a century earlier. To process fruit for his first vintage as an independent winemaker, he had to build a winery from scratch in only five months. With his breakaway team of winemakers, cellar hands and engineers, he designed a winery with the most efficient use of space and resources, allowing for future expansion. Rows of tanks were put in place, and the Weighbridge - where every Peter Lehmann wine starts its life - was built out of local marble as a monument to the growers. By February 1980, the winery was ready for its first vintage. Peter spent most of that first vintage at the Weighbridge, keeping an eye on the incoming fruit and keeping up the relationships with the growers, as he did for every vintage until he retired in 2002. At the end of each day, and long after vintage finished, the Weighbridge became Peter’s bar, hosting many a memorable catch-up with the growers. The tradition continues today. If the old marble walls of the weighbridge could talk, they would tell a compelling version of Barossa history. The Peter Lehmann winery today is one of the Barossa’s most sophisticated medium-size winemaking operations.

At just under one hectare, the 1880 Shiraz vineyard is tiny, and from these ancestor vines we produce our flagship wine – The 1880 Shiraz, and in special years the Centenarian Single Barrel Shiraz. To complement the 1880 vines, two hectares of Riesling were planted in 1972 and from these low yielding and wiry vines we produce The Eden Riesling. A second Shiraz vineyard was established in 1982 from cuttings taken from the 1880 vines – The Cuttings Shiraz. These are the Estate Wines, all produced from vines grown on the Poonawatta property.