The Wine Blokes TV - Episode 2: 2008 Pre-Vintage Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc Walk & Talk

By Jono • January 21, 2008

Production Date: 18 January 2008

The Adelaide Hills is renouned for producing some of Australias best Sauvignon Blanc. In this Episode we take a bit of a drive through the Adelaide Hills and have a walk and talk in a small grower vineyard where some of the Wine Blokes are purchasing Sauvignon Blanc fruit to make wine under the Maximilians Vineyard label in 2008.

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Jono

Jono has been involved in the wine industry since he was quite young. His parents had a small vineyard and winery in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, and spent plenty of school holidays working in the vineyard and winery. He completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Oenology) from the University of Adelaide (formely the Roseworthy Agricultural College). He also holds a Post Graduate Degree in Business Management from Monash University. His wine industry experience include working as a winemaker for Petaluma in the Adelaide Hills under the legendary Brian Croser. He was then sent to Smithbrook in the Pemberton region of Western Australia, then owned by Petaluma. He spent 6 years at Smithbrook managing the vineyard and winery, and during that time also completed a vintage at Chateau Carsin in Bordeaux. The two years leading into 2008, he traveled the world with his partner sampling the worlds best wines, and also fulfilling his other passion of equestrian competition.