Family owned Vineyard, Winery & Cellar Door - all wines are handcrafted, hand picked, open fermenters, basket pressed and maturation in French Oak to complete the process.
Bob Downing purchased 24ha of undulating land in 1994, and has established a dry-grown vineyard planted to shiraz (7.2ha), cabernet sauvignon (2.4ha) and merlot (0.4ha)
Argyle Forest Estate produce exceptional wine. Our Betelgeuse Shiraz is an award winner made from low-yielding vines using sustainable viticulture practices. We concentrate on optimizing fruit quality from each vine to produce this exceptional Shiraz
Heathcote Winery’s Cellar Door is located in the main street of Heathcote. The Cellar Door and adjacent Art Gallery are housed in a restored miners produce store built by Thomas Craven in 1854 to cater for the influx of gold miners seeking fortune.
Occam's Razor is produced by Emily McNally from organic grapes grown by the Conforti family within the Heathcote region at Mia Mia just south west of Heathcote on granite based soil.
Each year grapes for Syrahmi are sourced and selected from a different vineyard in the Heathcote region. Thus each year the wine’s I make are given different name to reflect the vintage.