Tolpuddle Vineyard

The vineyard is planted with mature Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vines, facing northeast, and sloping gently up from Back Tea Tree Road.

The vineyard was established in 1988 and it took its name from the Tolpuddle Martyrs: English convicts transported to Tasmania for forming an agricultural union. The leader of the Martyrs, George Loveless, served some of his sentence working on a property near Richmond, part of which is now Tolpuddle Vineyard. The people behind the wines are a passionate and diverse team. It was love at first sight for the founders and owners Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith, the moment they drove through the gate with 20 hectares of mature Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vines planted on a long even slope, with lean soils, forests above and water below and great vineyard exposure. Murray Leake, Carlos Souris and Wendy Borg manage the vineyard where they continue to improve its health, sustainability and usher it into an exciting future. Adam Wadewitz oversees the winemaking and brings decades of experience and intuition to craft these wines and express the vineyard’s true nature.