The first vines were planted at the Fighting Gully Road vineyard site in 1997. The farm, mostly unimproved, was purchased in 1995 and the following two years were spent clearing the property of scrub, stumps and many thousands of rabbits.

Vinelea is a small vineyard and winery, owned and managed by Stuart Smith & Rhonda Parish, a couple who studied science and worked in Melbourne in various technical and professional roles before moving to Beechworth in country Victoria for a life...

Grapes are produced from a 1 acre vineyard on a north facing slope at an elevation of 580m. The vineyard was planted in 2009 to Syrah on a number of different rootstock using a very old French clone from the Grampians region.

Handcrafted wines highlighting regional expression through unique single vineyards and consistent vinification techniques.

This limited, 600 bottle release of Shiraz is a unique curio, made to be contrasting in style to our other offerings. Open-fermented with indigenous yeast and matured for twenty months in tight-grain French oak, the wine shows spiced plums, cloves...

Respectfully grown, this single estate Shiraz reveals a generous core of wild raspberry beneath layers of spice and French oak. A respectful dance, where no one character dominates.

2015 presented a season which allowed us to produce a single varietal Roussanne. Handpicked, whole bunch pressed, limited time on skins and racked with full solids into French oak of varying age and sizes including some new (Rousseau) oak.