The Padthaway Estate winery combines the grace of a classic Australian woolshed with a simple functional winery, capable of processing high quality fruit into fine wine. French coopered barriques are used exclusively using both new and older oak. Attention to detail from the vineyard to the bottle is the fundamental principle of our winemaking. For example, our Eliza Sparkling Pinot Noir Chardonnay is pressed using an exact reproduction of the classic French Champagne press.

Winemaker – Ulrich Grey-Smith

Ulrich Grey-Smith is the winemaker at Padthaway Estate. Ulrich graduated from Roseworthy in 1991 and has had extensive experience around the world before coming to Padthaway Estate. "To make wine at Padthaway takes you back to basics. Wine quality becomes personal and I feel I know each wine intimately. Hands on winemaking is the way to go, I get great pleasure out of seeing the fruits of my labour".