Thistledown Wines

We narrate the stories and harness the energy of South Australia's iconic vineyard sites to hand-craft detailed, pure & precise Grenache, Shiraz & Chardonnay. Since 2011 Thistledown have hand-made delicious, energetic wines – all sourced from iconic vineyard sites in the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills. We are founded by two Masters of Wine, Giles Cooke MW and Fergal Tynan MW, whose vision is to make small batch wines reflecting their personality and that of the ‘place’ and growers. At our winery in the Adelaide Hills our focus is on crafting premium, small batch, low intervention wines from sites that we believe are special. It's no secret that we're obsessed with Grenache, particularly the old vine, dry grown stuff in McLaren Vale and Barossa. We’ve been gathering the very best selection of Grenache sites in Australia and have become an authority on Australian Grenache and it’s ‘Grand Cru’ capability. We were awarded Best Grenache in Australia in Halliday Wine Companion 2022 and hold a Halliday 5 red star rating, and The Real Review 'Top Wineries of Australia'.