Our Winemaking

There are those years when Mother Nature throws a tantrum, and it takes all of your courage, strength and skill to nurture fruit into bottle. And it’s this rollercoaster of excitement and challenge that stirs our winemaking soul and keeps us thirsty for more year after year!

The fact that no two vintages are ever the same, and that each parcel of fruit has its own personality, means our winemaking approach varies depending on what we get and what we hope to achieve. Sometimes we want to make honest and easy-going wines for everyday sipping, and other times we want to make complex wines that taste of where they’re from and stimulate the mind as well as the palate. Whatever our aim, our winemaking philosophy is the same — make the very best wines we can that honour the quality of the fruit and reflect our integrity.

While we love the romance of doing things the old-fashioned way, we’re big fans of modern winemaking technology too. In fact, nothing lights up Sam Plunkett’s (our winemaker) eyes more than a cutting-edge gadget! Winemaking is a craft where art meets science, and if there’s evidence to show that an innovation can improve the quality of our wine then we’re happy to embrace it. For us, the more tools we have — both traditional and novel — to help us harness a wine’s potential, then the greater our options are for showcasing it in all its glory. And if our winemaking ancestors could visit us now, we reckon they’d want to time-travel back with some of our modern technology to complement the ancient knowledge they gifted us. After all, it’s only by referencing the past, living in the present and looking to the future that we’ll evolve and continue to make the best wines we can.

If you’d like a first-hand taste of our winemaking philosophy, then drop us a line and we can arrange to show you around the winery. For more info, email us at: cellardoor@winebysam.com.au