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About Windan Wines
For thousands of years, Australia’s First Nation would entrust a family elder of generation with the guardianship of ‘special stones’. These stones were believed to contain the sacred stories, tribal secrets and history of their ancestors. A great honour was bestowed upon each custodian, to nurture and share this traditional knowledge with the next generation through story.
Our family have been ‘keepers’ of a rich history in grapegrowing & winemaking for over 7 generations, dating back to 1843 when Prussian ancestor Johann George Mattner first pioneered land on the banks of Jacobs Creek in the Hundred of Barossa. Grandfather entrusted myself to carry forward this legacy, that become apparent when I inherited an old storage box with a note attached ‘ wine papers for Scott ’ . It contained a collection of family history books, handwritten notes (many wine stained..) and winemaking journals dating back to early last century. Inspired by this collection of generational knowledge, we crafted these wines to honour tradition and carry forward our family legacy.
