17.12.2010 - Vinexpo news selection
An internationally known South Australian vineyard and winery has been put on the market with an asking price of more than $10 million. An internationally known South Australian vineyard and winery has been put on the market with an asking price of more than $10 million.
The 184ha Clarendon Vineyard and Winery once owned by deceased Adelaide building tycoon Alan Hickinbotham and named by influential international wine critic Robert Parker as one of the world's great wine estates, has produced fruit for wines that include Penfolds Grange Hermitage and Hardy's Eileen Hardy.
Mr Hickinbotham, who died this year, established the Mclaren Vale winery in the 1970s.
Earlier this month, his family put the historic Paringa vineyard in South Australia's Riverland region on the sale blocks, seeking about $8m for it.
The Clarendon property includes a 740sq m 1990s-built French chateau-style house designed by architect Rob Cheesman, and an underground home designed in the early 80s by German architect Gerhard Schurer. (The Australian / 13 December 2010)