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Honey Moon Vineyard is a small, vibrant, vineyard situated in the high ridges of Echunga in the Adelaide Hills, ten minutes’ drive from either Hahndorf or Mount Barker. The small settlement of Echunga was the earliest to be planted to grape vines in the Adelaide Hills, in 1839, and boasts the first South Australian wine to be exported from the colony. The moon is a striking feature in the landscape, particularly at harvest time, when, as a full moon it appears as a dollop of rich honey in the night sky. Hence the name. The vineyard was established in 2004 by Jane Bromley and Hylton McLean in fulfilment of a long held dream to have a small vineyard at our doorstep from which to make small parcels of wine.
Jane Bromley has been making wine since 2001 and has won awards for her expertise in Champagne (Vin de Champagne Award Winner 2002, Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne 2003 and, in 2009, the Diploma d’Honneur Corporation des Vignerons de Champagne (also know as the St Vincent’s Award)). She is often a speaker at Champagne dinners and is a regular guest lecturer at the University of Adelaide conducting Champagne and sparkling wine sensory classes for oenology students. Hylton McLean is a winemaker, wine science researcher and wine educator of over 20 years. He has held senior wine-making roles in a large global wine company and, before that, was a lecturer in Oenology at the University of Adelaide and Roseworthy Agricultural College for over 10 years. The other member of our team is Kish McLean, our chocolate brown Kelpie. She provides invaluable help in the vineyard, running up and down the rows chasing birds away and generally keeping an eye on things. She particularly enjoys harvest time – all those yummy grapes and all that frenetic activity. We aim to produce the best wines we can each year from our wonderful site, and to see them enjoyed as widely as possible.
PO Box 544 Echunga South Australia 5133 |
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