"Tell us a bit about Shirvington Wines and growing up around wine production?

My grandparents started the business back in 1996, it’s a cool story. They travelled all around Australia to figure out where they wanted to plant vines. They wanted to find the perfect block and they eventually did down at Whites Valley. The soil had everything they had been looking for, terroroso over limestone, great for Cabernet Sauvignon. Dad, Nan, grandfather and our viticulturist of 25 years all planted the vines by hand. 

Growing up wine was always at the dinner table. From the age of about 16 I was starting to smell the wine to explore what characteristics I could get out of it. So from an early age my pallet developed quite quickly. From there my parents would say, “have a sip, what can you taste?” I was never 100% sure I would work for the family business, but when the opportunity arose I couldn’t think of anything better than working with my family. It’s great being able to continue on that passion my dad and my grandfather have for wine."

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