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Living Roots

Living Roots is an urban winery in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York and a not-so-urban winery in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. Though Living Roots was founded in 2016, our legacy began six generations back with Thomas Hardy, Seb’s great-great-great grandfather. In the 1850's, Thomas planted the Hardy family’s first grapes and jumpstarted 160+ years of family winemaking. 

Seb grew up in his dad’s vineyards, particularly at K1, the first vineyard in the Kuitpo subregion of the Adelaide Hills. After high school, Seb worked several vintages in Australia and across Europe, and got a degree in Viticulture and Oenology in Adelaide, with an exchange at UC Davis.

Colleen grew up in Rochester, New York and the two met in McLaren Vale in 2014.  in 2016, they established Living Roots. That was the first year they split time between South Australia and New York, doing two harvests so they could make a wide range of wines, suiting the varieties and styles to the differing climates. 


  • Living Roots Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2020

    • Living Roots Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2020
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    • Living Roots Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2020

      Pinot Noir with aromatic cherry and orange characters, balanced with earthiness, fresh acidity, and spice. Two clones were sourced from Seb’s uncle Bill’s vineyard: 115 for bright cherry notes and MV6 for riper fruit and a bit of savoury meatiness. The grapes were destemmed and fermented wild with a high...

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