BY THISTLEDOWN, Australia

by Thistledown is all about good, clean fun. Working hand-in-hand with their merry (in a good season) band of growers, they craft wines of supreme quality without taking it too seriously.

Their ethos is great fruit, grown by great people and made with love in the sure knowledge that wine is about the good times – delicious food and great memories. Founded by Giles Cooke MW and Fergal Tynan MW, who also make the Thistledown wines, ‘mundane’ is simply not in their DNA: being involved in every stage of the winemaking process, from bud burst to bottling, means that every bottle from by Thistledown is an experience you’ll want to savour again and again.

Highlights
  • by Thistledown are Benchmark inspired by the esteemed 19th century French caricaturist JJ Grandville.
  • Tabula Rasa draws on fruit from historic vineyards across South Australia, this delicious wine captures the very essence of one season in a playful format that just demands to be drunk.
  • Cloud Cuckoo Land is an imaginary state of absurd over optimism – something that those at Wild & Wilder are often accused of.