About Us
After 6 years travelling to do harvest during my holidays locally and abroad the time felt right to start my own label. From day one the goal was to produce wines from organic vineyards - hand-picked, fermented with indigenous yeast with no additions and without any filtration or fining. To me this is the definition of “Natural Wine”. This ancient intuitive methodology has always produced the most interesting and vibrant wines I have enjoyed.
Our first harvest for Scintilla was 2017 and celebrate 10 years next year.
In 2021 we purchased 36 acres on Peramangk Country (Basket Range, Adelaide Hills). Here I set up the winery, managing the orchards with apples, pears, cherries. We aim to start plantings of vines in Spring 2026. This is our slice of paradise, where we live and grow with our daughters Flo and Augie. We are committed to nurturing and regenerating this country which is both exciting and a privilege.
Thanks for supporting our dream.
Vineyards
Adelaide Hills
Mukurta Yitpi, Basket Range (Home)
Chenin Blanc
Organic not certified
Loamy red and blue clay soils over sandstone, with schist, ironstone, shale and quartz.
Les Petits Reins, Basket Range (Leased Vineyard)
21 varieties co planted. Bush Vine and Trellis.
Organic not certified
Loamy soils with some sandy loamy parts, red clay subsoils with schist and sandstone
Manyara Vineyard, Balhannah
Chardonnay - G9V7, I10v1
Pinot Noir - Mv6, ABEL
Gamay
NASSA Certified Organic
Loamy soils, well structured clayey subsoils grading to weathering rock with schist, siltstones, fine sandstones, quartz and dolomites.
Pooks Hill Vineyard, Hahndorf
Pinot Gris
Gamay
Organic not certified
Sandy loam and red-clay blended soils, subsoils comprise deep red clay with scattered blue-red slate, quartz and ironstone.
Mt Bera Vineyard, Forreston
Pinot Noir
Tempranillo
NASSA Certified Organic
Deep sandy loamy soils, white brown mottled clayey subsoils grading to weathering rock with fine sandstones and quartz.
McLaren Vale
Tatty Road, Tatachilla
Savagnin
ACO Certified Organic
New vineyard and year to have accurate info
Barossa Valley
Wild South Vineyard, Williamstown
Chardonnay
Grenache
NASSA Certified Organic
Dark loamy soils, dense clay subsoils scattered with Mica (silicate minerals), fool’s gold (Iron pyrite) and quartz.
