Winemakers at Thorn
Clarke winery deeply believe that the wines are made in the vineyard
and not in the winery. Producing award-winning wines – one such wine from its
Sandpiper range is 2016 Sandpiper Shiraz. Recently it has won awards at few
wine competitions. Some of which are listed below-
- Sandpiper Shiraz is gold medal winner at 2017 New World
Wine Awards.
- The wine has also won Blue Gold at Sydney International
Wine Competition 2018 and silver at New York World & Spirits
Competition 2017.Sydney
International i
About the Winery
Established in 1987. Founders and owners of this winery are
David and Cheryl Clarke. David Clarke previously was the chairman of AustralianVintage Limited, once Australia’s second largest wine company. Cheryl’s
father Ron Thorne owned some of the oldest Shiraz vineyards in Australia dated
to 1854 as per the records. Six generations of Thorn-Clarke family have been
into winemaking.
The family has 270
hectares of vineyards spread in Barossa and Eden Valley making them one of
the largest grape growers in the region.
Winemakers at Thorn
Clarke winery deeply believe that the wines are made in the vineyard
and not in the winery. Producing award-winning wines – one such wine from its
Sandpiper range is 2016 Sandpiper Shiraz. Recently it has won awards at few
wine competitions. Some of which are listed below-
- Sandpiper Shiraz is gold medal winner at 2017 New World
Wine Awards.
- The wine has also won Blue Gold at Sydney International
Wine Competition 2018 and silver at New York World & Spirits
Competition 2017.Sydney
International i
About the Winery
Established in 1987. Founders and owners of this winery are
David and Cheryl Clarke. David Clarke previously was the chairman of AustralianVintage Limited, once Australia’s second largest wine company. Cheryl’s
father Ron Thorne owned some of the oldest Shiraz vineyards in Australia dated
to 1854 as per the records. Six generations of Thorn-Clarke family have been
into winemaking.
The family has 270
hectares of vineyards spread in Barossa and Eden Valley making them one of
the largest grape growers in the region.
It is a 5-red star rated
winery by James Halliday. Peter Kelly is the winemaker.
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