Henschke

Australia’s most famous single-vineyard wine, Henschke Hill of Grace 2012 was awarded the hotly contested ‘Wine of the Year’

Australia’s most famous single-vineyard wine, Henschke Hill of Grace 2012 was awarded the hotly contested ‘Wine of the Year’ and ‘Best Shiraz’ titles at the fifth annual Qantas epiQure Halliday Wine Companion Awards ceremony, held on Wednesday night, 2 August in Melbourne.

Fifth-generation winemaker, Steph...

The Henschke family has been making wine since Johann Christian Henschke planted a small vineyard on his diverse farming property at Keyneton in 1862. He was one of many Silesians who had fled their homeland in search of religious freedom, and he arrived from Kutschlau in 1841. The wine was initially intended for consumption by family and friends, but with the first commercial release in 1868, believed to be principally riesling and shiraz, th...

SUSTAINABILITY

Ensuring a healthy balance with our natural landscape

As a custodian of the Henschke vineyards in the rolling hills of Eden Valley, and the wet, steep slopes of the Adelaide Hills, Prue Henschke’s days are divided between various landscapes.

Viticultural Management / In the late 1970s Dr Richard Smart was developing theories about the role of the canopy on the colour and quality of red grapes. Those theories, Prue b...

Fifth-generation Stephen Carl Henschke took over running the winery in 1979. Born in 1950, he was Cyril’s younger son and showed an interest in science and winemaking from an early age.

Stephen completed a Bachelor of Science Degree at Adelaide University in 1973, gained winemaking experience in the Hunter Valley, and in 1975 with his wife Prue, spent two years at the Geisenheim Institute of Viticulture and Wine Technology in West Germany. ...

READING THE SEASONS

By Prue Henschke

In biodynamics, there are two important aspects that will help the soil health of your garden or vineyard:

• The importance of maintaining soil fertility
• The energy force – the relationship between the growing environment and the cosmos

This is expressed in the phases of the moon, the planets and the stars:

• Waxing & waning of the moon
• Ascending & descending of the moon
• Moon & ...