Cape Barren Wines is the result of a 35 year friendship between Peter Matthews, who has 30 years experience in executive Sales and General Management, and Brian Ledgard, a third generation grape grower, and their lifelong interest in vineyards and wine! Their ambition is to produce full bodied wine of uncompromised quality and excellence.
Located in the renowned McLaren Vale region of South Australia,
the Cape Barren vineyards benefit from the unique maritime climate of long warm summers cooled by afternoon ocean breezes, ideal conditions for grapes destined for full-bodied red wines.
Cape Barren Wines are made from fruit parcels carefully selected from our premium vineyards throughout McLaren Vale. Cape Barren first produced the Old Vine Shiraz and as the name suggests, the fruit was selected from our 70 year old vines at Blewitt Springs. This wine quickly gained a reputation and was followed by the introduction of the Native Goose Grenache Shiraz Mourvédre and the Native Goose Shiraz. Most recently was the addition of Silly Goose, a blend of Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc and McLaren Vale Semillon and Viognier.
Today Cape Barren is distributed nationally and exports to Canada, United States of America, Asia, Europe and New Zealand.
