In South Australia, wine is a perfect union between nature and human creativity.

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Learn Wine South Australia’s history

To understand what makes a globally renowned wine state tick, we need to wind the clock back thousands of years.

Wine production in South Australia dates back to the early 19th century, shortly after European settlement, but First Nations people lived here long before Colonel William Light made his way from England to South Australia in 1835 to survey a site for the new settlement. He chose the banks of the River Torrens and named it after Queen Adelaide, while back at home in Blighty. The South Australian Company was founded and land was offered for sale from £1 per acre.

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Perfectly Balanced

women drinking wine in south Australia in front of a lake

This is a land where heritage and innovation exist side by side. Where winemakers respect tradition and reimagine what’s possible. Where fine wine is crafted with instinct and generously shared across our 18 regions.

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Meet South Australia’s winemakers

Behind every glass, there’s a grower. Or 3,182 of them.

Behind every bottle of South Australian wine is a person – often an entire family – with soil clinging to their Rossi Boots, agriculture in their hearts, and stories to tell.

Our winemakers, viticulturists, cellar hands, marketers, wine slingers and grape pickers share a deep bond. A shared humility and a sense that no matter how fine a wine is, the people and authenticity behind it matter most.

They are custodians of place and culture. Some stem from families who have worked the same patch of dirt for more than a century, others who chose to leave their homeland and ‘chase the grape’ on South Australian turf.

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