Sarah Macmahon

Handpicked® Wines

Handpicked Wines® is a familiy-owned and intependent Australian winery that specialises in crafting wines that offer a true sense of place, but fundamentally not from a single place! The Mornington Peninsula is home to the winery and flagship vineyard Capella, but winemaking spreads to five more fully-owned top-site vineyards across the country: Wombat Creek and Highbow Hill in the Yarra Valley, Auburn Road and Native Point in Tasmania, and Watunga Road in Barossa Valley – all of which are organically-farmed and sustainably-managed - and captured under Handpicked® Single Vineyard releases. Other leased vineyards and decade-long collaborations with grape growers allow the winemaking team to encapsulate the best of regionality through Handpicked Collection and Handpicked® Regional Selections. Handpicked® Numbered Series is a limited release of exceptional parcels during exceptional vintages, while Handpicked® Trial Batch is an experimental range exclusive to the brand's urban cellar doors in Sydney and Melbourne. Both crafted in extremely limited quantities. With several trophies and hundreds of accolades to its name, Handpicked® Wines has earned a reputation as a top site-specific producer vintage after vintage. It holds a James Halliday 5-Red-Star-Winery rating since 2014, and has been recognised as a Top Winery of Australia by The Real Review for 5 consecutive years. Chief Winemaker - Peter Dillon | Winemaker - Rohan Smith