Mintaro Wines is a small boutique winery with an average production of between four and five thousand dozen bottles per year. We produce a range of premium red and white table wines, which are bottled and distributed under two labels – Mintaro and Monarch of Mintaro. There are different wines bottled under each label and both labels are sold domestically and wines with either label can be exported.
We also have two reserve labels, which we call series one and series two. Each series contains six bottles of magnificent red wine and the labels feature stunning works of art. We present each series in a specially marked wooden case.
Series one Reserve Shiraz is called “Belles Femmes” and features six grand 19th century paintings of beautiful women. Series two Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is called the “Leckie Window” and features six stunning Greek Mythological stained glass and leadlight images from a window designed and created by a prominent Australian artist in 1935.
Mintaro Wines is a family owned and operated boutique winery situated in the historic town of Mintaro in the beautiful Clare Valley district of South Australia. The vineyards were originally planted in 1962 and subsequently incorporated into a functioning winery complex in 1985 by the present owner, winemaker and producer, Peter Houldsworth.
The plantings extend to some 10 hectares from 5 select vineyards in the Mintaro and Polish Hill district of the Clare Valley. Approximately one third is Riesling with the remainder equally divided into Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz varieties. The fruit is generally dry grown, hand picked, and the vines are hand pruned. The wines are all hand crafted using traditional methods with meticulous attention to detail.
Monarch of Mintaro is the newest product of Mintaro Wines. The Monarch range feature the extraordinary Monarch butterfly, which is found in many countries around the world, and also in the Clare Valley. It is best known for its annual mass migration from Canada to Mexico.
Over the years Mintaro Wines have won some 150 wine show awards around Australia. Awards include the category winner for dry white (Riesling) at the 1989 Sydney International Wine Show, a Gold Medal at the 1995 Royal Adelaide Wine Show for a Late Picked Riesling and a Gold Medal for Shiraz at the National Wine Show in Canberra 1n 1996. More recent awards include a Gold Medal and Trophy for Cabernet Sauvignon at the Brisbane Wine Festival in 2001, a Gold Medal for Cabernet Sauvignon at the Australian Small Wine Makers Show in 2005 and a Gold Medal for Riesling at the Clare Valley Wine Show in 2005.
