The Henschke family has been making wines for five generations, a winery marked both by rich tradition as well as forward-thinking innovation. Their wines come from some of Australia's oldest vines and are produced using biodynamic and organic methods, to preserve the quality of the vines and soil for the generations to come.
In 1862 land was purchased in the North Rhine district (later renamed Keyneton) of the Barossa Range, so named because it was thought the area was capable of producing good quality wine. Initially travelling by foot from Krondorf to North Rhine, he started to develop his property by adopting the traditional self-sufficient farming methods of his homeland, and with the help of his son Paul Gotthard, planted a small vineyard. A farmer and mason by trade, Johann Christian built a small two-storey cellar into the side of the hill for the first vintages of Riesling and Shiraz, with the first sales in 1868.
The contrast between the wines of Henschke and other iconic South Australian Shiraz producers couldn’t be starker, whereas Barossa Valley Shiraz is dense and rich, Eden Valley being at a much higher elevation, produces biodynamic wines of great purity and elegance, lower alcohol levels and delicious concentration of fruit.
Today the Henschke wine company produce some of the Worlds greatest wines and commended for their national accolades in most wine circles internationally.
