Showcasing South Australia

The Stoke are the wonderful couple Rebecca and Nick who are doing amazing things for that little jewel of South Australia - Kangaroo Island.

Rebecca grew up in Scotland and has an MA in History,  A vintage in New Zealand inspired a few years of galavanting from vintage to vintage, hemisphere to hemisphere before knuckling down to a Graduate Diploma in Viticulture and Oenology at Lincoln University, NZ. Diverted across the ditch by a long-haired Australian, she did her time making bubbles for the big companies for a few years.

Nick’s winemaking career began by accident. With a degree in Wine Marketing under his belt, he decided he’d better earn some respect in the trade by notching up a few vintages in the cellar. He loved the work and quickly realised he’d been batting for the wrong team all along. A quick trip back to university to study Oenology, backed up by vintages in McLaren Vale, Barossa, the Adelaide Hills, Northern Victoria, Canada, Central Otago and Bordeaux saw him back on track.

Together they are making amazing wines and reafirming Kangaroo Island as a genuine wine region and destination.