Hayes Family Wines are a small independent producer in Barossa Valley, Australia, a region home to some of the oldest vines in the world, many of which are still planted on their own rootstocks, something rarely seen in Europe post-Phylloxera.
Hayes’ estate is one of only five (out of apps. 2,500!) to be certified organic in the region. As Brett farms only 6 hectares of vines, he often buys fruit from other trusted, but not certified organic, growers, in order to make more commercially viable volumes of wine.