Seize the Day Wines
Welcome to Milhinch Seize the Day Wines of the Barossa Valley!
Our aim is simple; to produce the finest Barossa Valley estate wines without compromise.
pete's story...
"I became interested in wine at a very young age after my Uncle Keith, a South Australian excise officer, visited my family home in Port Augusta and showered us with some magnificent Clare Valley rieslings.
This interest quickly turned into a passion during my university years in Melbourne, when myself and a group of like-minded students discovered the charm of a French rosé, found in the cheap chuck out bin at a local grog shop. I was hooked!
At that time we had a tea and muffin club going at mid morning lecture breaks, but instead of jiggling Lipton tea bags, we got into the Rosé! This wasn’t a good idea, but despite some challenges to intellectual performance, I completed my degree in regulation time and spent the next 35 years enjoying life as a clinical optometrist, never dreaming that one day I would jump ship and find myself growing grapes!
In 1999, my partner Sharyn and I planted a 10 acre vineyard on our property at Seppeltsfield in the Barossa Valley, with the purpose of supplying our grapes to a local Barossa winery. 2002 was a defining year. Our first harvest produced grapes of outstanding quality and I was diagnosed with cancer – how dandy!
During the course of my treatment and whilst at a low ebb, I recalled the fun times at the tea and muffin club. Making a rosé suddenly seemed a priority, given that my prognosis was rather uncertain. I thought picking some grapes at harvest time in March and bottling the wine some 3 to 4 months later would give me enough time to fulfil the dream of enjoying my own wine before I left the planet. As it turned out, acclaimed winemaker Trevor Jones from the Barossa Valley did us proud by making a superb 2003 Barossa Rosé.
It’s 2013, I’m still here and have replaced optometry with tending my vines. We now make a range of 3 red and 2 fortified wines, as well as our flagship Rosé. These wines are made solely from the fruit that we grow and are seriously good - as judged by others. I am extremely proud of them and unlike me they are upfront, full bodied and far from shy!
We run with the label 'Seize the Day', an influence from cyclist Lance Armstrong whose own battle with cancer inspired me to do just that.
So folks, carpe diem, we never know what tomorrow may bring!"
In addition to our wines, did you know we also have luxury accommodation on our vineyard estate in the Barossa Valley?
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