HISTORY

Our vineyard and surrounding property is situated on land first granted to George Beaumont Esquire, of Halifax England, on 14 March, 1840.

Located in the cooler and higher south eastern corner of McLaren Vale some 40 kilometres south of Adelaide, Halifax Vineyard lies 9 kilometres from the waters of Gulf St Vincent and immediately beneath the Willunga Escarpment which rises 300 to 400 metres above sea level. The proximity to the ocean and the hills, together with the prevailing cool easterly gully winds in the afternoons and evenings moderate the normally warm to hot summers.

The gently sloping 4 hectare vineyard is planted on soils which are predominantly brown Urrbrae loam over red clay and stratas of ancient river bed shale washed down from the hills immediately behind the vineyard.

VINEYARD PHILOSOPHY

We fervently believe that our wine is made in the vineyard – we spend countless hours amongst our vines.

We strive for vineyard balance, within the vineyard itself, and all that surrounds and interacts with it throughout the yearly cycle. We farm sustainably.

We keep yields low by pruning, shoot and bunch thinning, but we are as equally consumed with canopy management, to ensure a balance of light and shade and ultimately, a constant filter of dappled light pervades the fruit zone.

Our vineyard, and those of the growers with whom we work are the very essence and life of the wine we make – it really is that simple.