PENNY'S HILL

This boutique winery had its genesis in 1988 with the purchase, by Tony and Susie Parkinson, of a 32-hectare bare block in the foothills of Mclaren Vale. Between 1991 and 1996, the Parkinsons established the winery infrastructure and home vineyard. Today, Penny’s Hill has expanded its total holdings to 44 hectares.

Since the outset, the vineyards have been meticulously overseen by David Paxton and Toby Bekkers, with particular attention given to canopy management and low cropping regimes. Three different sites provide winemaker Ben Riggs with a diversity of individual terroir nuances that are beautifully reflected in the finished wines. In 2005 Tony Parkinson and Ben Riggs established the Galvanised Wine Company to market their stylish and individual wines. Their winery-based restaurant, The Kitchen Door, embraces local and seasonal produce and has twice won the national Restaurant & Catering Awards title of Best Restaurant in a Winery.

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Made since inception by the very talented winemaker and co-owner Ben Riggs, the award-winning estate wines of Penny's Hill guarantee luscious flavour, elegance, balance and palate satisfaction. World class wines. Ben works closely with viticulturist Toby Bekkers to earmark and isolate those parts of the vineyard that produce grapes with distinctive characteristics. Picked, fermented and barrel aged separately, these different parcels provide the very best blending components to create Penny's Hill wines.