It is unfortunate that so many American wine drinkers have come to know Australia through the mass-marketed, commercially produced, factory made to order, simple and sweet- styled wines that we refer to as “critter wines”. Their unmistakable kangaroo, koala or fill-in-the blank creature “brands” the wine indelibly in the consumer’s memory bank.

Our mission for Australia is to bring back a sense of place. We are bringing wines to the market that have the soul of the family and identity of the place in the bottle. The Australian producers we represent have long histories in grape growing; in fact, many of them are founding members of their Australian Viticultural region. It is an eye-opening experience to see the differences this largely unpopulated vast country of many climates can bring to wine. We are happy to represent the minority in spite of the challenges we face to educate and “un-do” the mono-dimension of the critter wine.