Majella Wines are regarded as one of the best producers of premium Australian wine! Based in the famous Coonawarra wine region in South Australia they have won well over 660 awards both in Australia and the rest of the world. These awards have included many prestigious trophies which have only enhanced Majella’s standing in the Australian wine industry. Sourced from www.majellawines.com.au “The Lynn family have been residents of the Penola - Coonawarra district for over four generations, starting out as store-Keepers and then graduating into grazing. The property on which Majella now stands was originally owned by Frank Lynn, and bought by his nephew, George, in 1960. George and Pat Lynn kept Merino’s for wool production on their farm about ten miles away, and had always wanted some good Coonawarra country for their up-and-coming prime lamb enterprise. Viticulture, however, was not on their agenda until 1968. George had always been great friends with Eric Brand. Eric has just started producing his wines under the "Laira" label and was selling some wine to the old Hardy Wine Company. Brian was interested in planting a vineyard on the Majella property and in 1968 we went ahead and planted 6 acres of Shiraz. Eric offered to buy the grapes to produce wine for Hardy’s and the future looked rosy. There wasn’t a lot of money in it, but it complemented the sheep enterprise, so eventually some 70 acres were planted - about 60% Shiraz and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon. However, all good things come to an end, and the Hardy deal fell through just as the vines were maturing. Things were tight in the 70’s; demand for grapes, particularly Shiraz was very low, and although we could get rid of most of the grapes there were a couple of years when 30 or more tonnes of premium Shiraz grapes were left to rot. In 1980 we sold our first grapes to Wynn’s Coonawarra Estate (now part of the Foster's Wine Group). This was the start of a long relationship between Wynn’s and Majella, a relationship that continued for over 20 years.”   Wines available from Your Wine Guy are: Majella The Musician Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Majella Sparkling Shiraz Majella Malleea Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Majella There are no products to display Ok