Larry Cherubino

Larry Cherubino is one of Australia’s most acclaimed winemakers, with extensive experience in large and small wineries in Australia and major overseas wine regions. He is renowned for his passionate commitment to maximising wine quality in both vineyard and winery, his state of the art technical knowledge and for having a highly developed understanding of modern wine styles. A graduate of Roseworthy College, Larry had a distinguished career with BRL Hardy at Tintara in South Australia and then at Houghton in Western Australia, where his wines won hundreds of awards in the highly competitive Australian and International wine show system.

In 2005 Lary and his partner Edwina launched Larry Cherubino Wines with the release of a single vineyard Shiraz from Frankland River, Western Australia. Ad Hoc is our range of regional wines. Western Australia is my winemaking heartland and over the years I reckon I’ve got a pretty good handle on what works where. Everything I do reflects my strong belief that when you get the right varieties in the right sites you’re well on your way to making good wine. Having got the framework right, we’ve been able to have a bit of fun with the Ad Hoc range, both in the winery and on the branding side too. I’ve tried a few things with these wines to give them unique personalities rather than just make carbon copies of some of the well established examples.

We’ve gone against every bit of conventional branding wisdom with the labeling as well. Each wine has several unique labels and we’re going to change between them whenever the mood strikes. The Yard is a range of single vineyard wines – the result of a deliberate plan to source all fruit from family vineyards in Western Australia’s premier wine growing regions.

Acacia Vineyard

Frankland River, Western Australia
Varietals: Shiraz

Riversdale Vineyard

Frankland River, Western Australia
Varietals: Cabernets, Shiraz, Malbec, Mencia, Fiano, Riesling

Channybearup Vineyard

Pemberton, Western Australia
Varietals: Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Pinot Grigio, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Noir

Pannoo Vineyard

Porongurup, Western Australia
Varietals: Chardonnay, Riesling

24 Road Vineyard

Margaret River, Western Australia
Varietals: Chardonnay

Pedestal Vineyard

Margaret River, Western Australia
Varietals: Cabernets, Merlot, Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc

The winemaking mantra at Larry Cherubino Wines is very simple: source and grow the best produce you possibly can, and then try your damnedest to preserve those qualities all the way to the bottle.

Larry Cherubino Wines was only established in 2005, but the significant success we’ve achieved is the culmination of more than 20 years’ observation and work, both in Australia and across the major wine-producing regions of the world. While the winemaking process itself may seem quite simple, the key to the quality of our wines is how we select fruit. The search for grapes with personality and unique traits is so important, and so tied to region and site, that much of Larry’s time is spent just hunting for these qualities.

Our fruit is sourced from vineyards throughout the southern half of Western Australia, with a particular focus on the Great Southern and its sub-regions of Porongurup and Frankland River. Pemberton and Margaret River are also major players in the make-up of our regional single vineyard wines. All our wines are carefully crafted to reflect a true sense of place, and to express the fruit at its finest and most unequivocal.