Two sites, and the hill we farm.
We bottle Riesling from Mirooloo Road in Flaxman Valley, Grenache from a Springton vineyard planted in 1858, and Shiraz and Cabernet from the hill at Boongarrie, where we live. Some years a parcel is not bottled. That is the work.
Eden Valley. Named sites. A farm, not a range.
Our story
The name is Max & Me because a German Shepherd cross brought us together. The wines are named for the ground they come from.
Phil took over Boongarrie in 2002. Sarah arrived the next year. The vineyard on Keynes Hill was young Shiraz and Cabernet. The Riesling and the Grenache that people ask for come from two mother sites — and, in time, from cuttings of that wood growing here.
Phil took over Boongarrie in 2002. Sarah arrived the next year. The vineyard on Keynes Hill was young Shiraz and Cabernet. The Riesling and the Grenache that people ask for come from two mother sites — and, in time, from cuttings of that wood growing here.
Our wines
The sites
Mirooloo Road, on a south face in Flaxman Valley, is the Riesling we have bottled since 2017.
Springton — Stonegarden, planted 1858 — is the Grenache.
Boongarrie is the estate. Shiraz and Cabernet from Keynes Hill, bottled in the years they deserve it. House Blend when the two sit well together.
We also farm a small grove. The oil is part of the same year, not a sideline.
Springton — Stonegarden, planted 1858 — is the Grenache.
Boongarrie is the estate. Shiraz and Cabernet from Keynes Hill, bottled in the years they deserve it. House Blend when the two sit well together.
We also farm a small grove. The oil is part of the same year, not a sideline.
Our Approach
We make wine in small lots because that is the size of the parcels. Additions stay low. Most of the wines are vegan. The rule that matters more: if it is not good enough, it does not go in bottle.
The estate
Life on Boongarrie
Boongarrie is home. The house looks over the vines. Below it: the vineyard, the grove, a few sheep, two alpacas, the wine shed among the trees. Shallow ground, rock, little water. The hill decides more than we do.
Our wines
The estate
Boongarrie sits on the northern slopes of Keynes Hill, in the high eastern Barossa Ranges.
Visits are by appointment, with at least a week’s notice. We keep the wine shed for people who want the sites, not a tour.
Visits are by appointment, with at least a week’s notice. We keep the wine shed for people who want the sites, not a tour.
A small list
The list
There is a quiet list for six or twelve bottles, drawn from what we made. Some wines do not reach the open shop. Skip whenever you need to.