“Our philosophy is to produce the best and healthiest fruit with the least-invasive management practices possible. This involves using a scientific approach based on understanding the ecology of the vineyard and deploying the most effective and sustainable practices.”

Recipient of Australia’s first PhD in viticulture, Dr Andrew Pirie has built his phenomenal success in Australia’s wine industry (spanning five decades, global award wins, and an Order of Australia) on a commitment to science.

Find out more about the success story of Apogee that started in 2010.

From the outset, Meadowbank Wines has had a legacy of challenging expectations. Known today as one of the most celebrated vineyards in Tasmania, Meadowbank’s property was initially a sheep farm. When founder Gerald Ellis carved out a relative handful of acres to grow grapes, many deemed the project doomed to failure – claiming Tasmania’s climate too hostile for such crops. Read more about how the Ellis family challenged the norm - while keeping family at the core of its story.

WELLINGTON & WOLFE is the brainchild of Hugh McCullough. It started with one distinct grape variety in mind. Riesling.

Born in the USA, raised in the UK, Hugh studied modern history in Scotland after leaving high school. But his love of history shifted to a love of Riesling while working in the hospitality industry. And so his journey to Australia, and eventually Tasmania, began. Read more.

Meet Greer Carland. Winemaker and owner of Quiet Mutiny. Greer's wine company may be relatively new but she has a long history of working in the Tasmanian wine industry, having made hundreds of wines for various contract clients over a 12 year period. The inspiration behind Quiet Mutiny comes from the wine label's namesake "Charlotte Badger" who took her destiny in her own hands in 1806. Deciding to start her own wine company was a brave and ambitious step for Greer, but like Charlotte, Greer was determined to choose her own destiny, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Meet Ricky Evans. Owner and winemaker at Two Tonne Tasmania (TTT Wine). His career to date has seen him making wine in the corporate world, then branching out to lease and manage a number of vineyards, and, as of 2020, he now co-owns and manages @HavilahWine Bar in Launceston. His simple desire: sharing the beauty and complexity of Tasmanian wine culture with the widest array of people possible

MARION’S VINEYARD: It’s been a long and varied journey for Cynthea Semmens, co-owner and winemaker of Marion’s Vineyard. To Semmens, there is always more to learn about the practice and culture of winemaking.

MEWSTONE: Meet Matthew Hughes, co-owner of one of Tasmania’s most exciting new wine brands, Mewstone Wines. Together with his brother Jonny, the winemaker, these two were perhaps the most unlikely of four Hughes brothers to strike up a partnership – but then again, maybe it was always meant to be as the oldest and youngest were indeed a formidable team in the endless hours of backyard cricket.

DELAMERE: Hailing from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, one might describe Fran as slight, petite, with a gentle, delicate demeanor. But don’t be fooled, there’s more-than-meets-the-eye to Fran and she’s certainly an old hand when it comes to working with winemaking machinery and dealing with the harsh Australian climate while maintaining her vineyard. In fact, she’s far stronger and tougher than most people you’ll ever meet.

MOORES HILL: We caught up with Fiona Weller from Moores Hill to find out how she and her winemaker husband, Julian Allport, developed a brand that is for renowned for its high quality and excellent drinkability among wine lovers.

SINAPIUS: 2020 was a tumultuous year for many. But for Linda Morice, it was a year she never expected when her husband Vaughn Dell, aged just 39, died suddenly in his sleep from an undiagnosed heart condition. Needless to say, it has been an incredibly  tough path to walk on her own, but with the support of family, friends and industry colleagues, and an established brand built on their combined integrity and sheer grit, she knows what it will take to continue Vaughn’s legacy in this next chapter of the Sinapius wine brand.