Petaluma was founded in 1976 with the sole objective to produce ultrapremium wines by carefully selecting the best sites within a particular Australian region suited to a chosen variety, thus creating the concept of Petaluma's 'Distinguished Vineyards'.
This approach defied established industry views in the 1970s. In this era, mainstream Australian viticulture practices focused on exploiting Australia's sunny climate and broad scale viticul...
Petaluma is built upon the three regions of the Adelaide Hills, Clare Valley and Coonawarra in South Australia and our carefully selected vineyard sites within them.
The Adelaide Hills are a large formation of hills which run from their southern extremity near the base of the Fleurieu Peninsula to the north of Clare, eventually encompassing the Flinders Ranges. The eastern and western extremities of the ‘Hills’ are we...
With intuitive handling from the first hand pick in the vineyard, the Petaluma team adhere to fastidious winemaking standards while responding to what the vintage offers up. No pre-determined formula: just over 35 years of experience, careful winemaking and a deep understanding of Petaluma's great vineyards.
Petaluma's pioneering spirit has seen vineyards sites in untested regions such as the Adelaide Hills considered, selected and pla...
Vintage 2014 -
Vintage started with a rush on February 5th in the Adelaide Hills, the earliest ever. After experiencing an absolutely horrible few heat waves, the vineyards cried enough! January was really hot, with little respite and then the first two weeks of February were equally testing!
Crops were way down, a result of poor flowering during cold and windy weather during October and November. Then on the 12th Feb, it rained – 1...
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