Wine Producers

Langhorne Creek boasts seven cellar doors as well as an ever-increasing array of small regionally branded wine producers offering an excellent selection of premium quality wines via direct order facilities.

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Raydon Estate Wines

In 1839 when the English tall ship “William Barras” arrived in South Australia, an adventurous 17 year old midshipman named John Borrett jumped ship.

He decided to let fate & the toss of a coin dictate his future. ‘Heads North’….. ‘Tails South.’

The Borrett Family have lived at Raydon Homestead in Langhorne Creek since 1860 & have been growing grapes since 1915 on the floodplains of the Bremer River.

Joe (Barry) is the 5th generation of Borrett family & with his wife Colleen had 6 tonnes of uncontracted Shiraz grapes processed at Bleasdale Winery in the vintage of 1999 which produced approximately 500 cartons of wine.

Wayne Dutschke is the contract winemaker.

The rich alluvial soil produces red wine grapes with an intense colour & flavour, due in part to the unique way of watering whenever the Bremer River floods which is controlled by a weir & a system of flood gates.

The Bremer doesn’t flow as regularly as it once did, so in 1995 a pipeline was put in to pump water from Lake Alexandrina during dry seasons.

Production has doubled from 2000 vintage with Cabernet Sauvignon as well & the wines are available by mail order or selected restaurants & bottle shops.

TRADE CONTACTS:

ADELAIDE
Bay Wines Distributors Pty Ltd
David Bruer
PO Box 317
Kensington SA 5068
Ph. 08 8431 0911
baywines@tpg.com.au

SYDNEY
World Wine Estates
James Johnston
Shop c21
99 Jones St
Ultimo NSW 2007
Ph. 02 9211 2385
james@worldwineestates.com.au

MELBOURNE
Macphees
Peter Nixon
31-37 Brockhurst St
South Melbourne Vic 3205

MALAYSIA
Vintropolis
Ong BoonPar
PO Box 1183
Jalan Pantai Bhuru
59700 Kuala Lumpar
Ph (603) 2287 3288
vintropolis@yahoo.com

AMERICA
Angels’ Share Wine Imports
Mark Snyder
113 Dictum Court
Brooklyn NY
11229
AngelsShareWine@aol.com

Lake Plains Rd
Langhorne Creek
SA 5255
T: 08 8537 3158
F: 08 8537 3158
E: raydon@hotkey.net.au
W: www.raydonestatewines.com