Gippsland Wine Company

Gippsland Wine Company vigneron, Mark Heath, spent 40 years’ working across wine sales, marketing and production in Barossa Valley, Clare Valley and Yarra Valley before venturing into his own vineyards in Gippsland, finally settling at Loch. Mark’s long experience and knowledge of the industry prepared him for his role as Associate Judge at the Gippsland Wine Awards. As well as Loch Village Vineyard, Mark sought out neglected vineyards for long term contracts, coaxing them back to life rather than reverting them to grazing pasture. Site selection is invariably north-south planting to provide a bit of westerly leaf cover from the sun and wind.

Other Producers

LILT

About the Winery:

Good Times. Good Wine. We Like it Like That. Like it Like That shares a love for the world of wine, without all the stuffy parts. We source outstanding value fruit locally throughout Australia and create wines to enjoy on any day ending in ‘y’.

Location:

Australia

Porcelaine

About the Winery:

The Provençal vineyard is nestled between the Mediterranean and the Alps. Under the southern sun, the scenery is absolutely breathtaking. The vineyards, which are some of the oldest in the world, are located on sunny slopes where the soil is composed of limestone from the Trias and Jurassic periods. The crystalline subsoil represents a complex geology that is particularly conducive to fresh and elegant winemaking.

Location:

France

Bosio

About the Winery:

Bosio is the classic expression of Piedmont, rural tradition meeting the innovation of a contemporary winery. It offers a wide and representative range of wines that, from Barolo to Gavi, demonstrates the incredible expressive variety of a land recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Location:

Italy

Wills Domain

About the Winery:

The family owned estate combines an exceptional vineyard, unique climate and the enviable, free draining slopes of the Gunyulgup Valley to bring you wine of exceptional quality.

Location:

Australia

Topé

About the Winery:

While attending the University of Adelaide a friendship was formed over many bottles of wine on the patio, dinners around the kitchen table, long lunches and nights at the pub. Tom was doing a wine business degree and Pete was doing his winemaking degree. Tom and Pete discussed at length about creating a wine project together with the dream to produce delicious wines that reflect their sense of place and that wine drinkers would enjoy.

Location:

Australia

About the Winery:

Lizelle Gerber, who took over the winemaking reins at Org de Rac at the end of 2021, is a seasoned Cape winemaker. She graduated from the famed Elsenburg Agriculture Institute and began to make her mark in the industry when joining Stellenbosch estate Zevenwacht in 1996.

Location:

South Africa