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Who are we?
In a nutshell; vinophiles. People in the wine game who love what we do, and love to have an excuse to get together to taste and discuss some of the best wines in Australia.

 Dru Reschke Winner of the Global Geoffrey Roberts award in 2000 (presented by UK Wine writer Jancis Robinson MW) for innovations in the food & wine industry. Having worked on the family vineyards most of his life, in 1998 Dru has set up Koonara wines, his family's wine company, which he continues to run.

 

Julian Langworthy Winemaker hailing from Denmark, in Western Australia. Formerly with Jameson's Run, Julian is currently a winemaker for Wynns Estate, in Coonawarra.

 


Johnathon Leustner is a winemaker with previous vintages at Orlando and Norfolk Rise wines, and now head winemaker at ex-Jamesons Run winery,  The Poplars, in Coonawarra.

 


Alana Hill-Ling is winemaker with Johnathon Leustner at Poplars, plus has her own wine label, Fabric. Alana has previous vintages under her belt from France.





 

TJ Smith is the assistant winemaker at Balnaves, Rated by James Halliday as the best winery in Australia for 2007. TJ works with Pete Bissell, voted Qantas/Gourmet Traveller Winemaker of the Year in 2005.

 

 

Tim Holmes is a winemaker who has previously has done overseas vintages in France and the US, plus vintages here in Australia at such esteemed wineries such as D'Arrenberg, Yering Station, and Wynns.


 

Katie Murray - Katie has been Cellar door manager and head sommelier at Hollick Restaurant in Coonawarra for seven years, before taking on the role of regional marketing manager at Di Giorgio's Family wines.