Lobethal Road
Tucked away between the heritage villages of Lobethal and Mount Torrens in the Adelaide Hills, this environmentally sustainable cellar door offers a unique setting to taste the hallmark purity and vitality of their fine cool climate wines.
Dave Neyle and Inga Lidums live and breathe their place in the world. The vineyard, at 475m above sea level, was first planted in 1998 and now generously provides esteemed, multi-award-winning Hills fruits such as Chardonnay and Shiraz as well as contemporary styles such as Tempranillo, Graciano and the first plantings in the region of the revered French Rhone Valley white grape, Roussanne. Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris come from their Woodside vineyard, with additional fruit being sourced from neighbouring Hills' sites.
But what is most exciting about this winery is that the entire site of the Mount Torrens vineyard and cellar door operates off the grid, supplying its own water as well as generating all its power by solar energy. Production 'miles' are minimal with their winemaking carried out just a kilometre down the road.