Discover Antonio’s
In 1975, Antonio and Emma Principe saw something in ten overgrown acres of Herne Hill that others dismissed. They didn't just plant vines — they planted a family. Three generations on, we honour that legacy the only way we know how: honestly, and without shortcuts.
Our Wines
No sulphates. No stabilisers. No compromise. Each bottle is an expression of the same soil that Antonio first turned by hand — unfiltered, as nature and a lifetime of craft intended.
The Principe Family
In 1969, Antonio and Emma Principe arrived in Australia carrying nothing but a dream and the work ethic to match it. By 1975, they'd claimed ten neglected acres in Herne Hill and started clearing the land — by hand, after long days at work, while raising a family. What others saw as a mess, Antonio saw as a beginning.
He didn't learn winemaking from a textbook. He learned it across shared tables from the European elders of the Swan Valley — men and women who understood that good wine was never about shortcuts. When Antonio passed in 2013, he left behind three generations of calloused hands, living vines, and a philosophy unchanged since the first planting.
