ECK Wines is the small, handcrafted label of winemaker and farmer Emily, a former Collins Street lawyer who grew up in inner-eastern Melbourne. In 2017 she traded the city for a little Shiraz vineyard in central Heathcote, on the northern banks of Lake Eppalock, which she farms organically and largely by hand.
In 2019 she left the law and began her first vintage as assistant winemaker at Hanging Rock Winery, and she has also worked five weeks in the Northern Rhône with a small family winery near Tain-l'Hermitage, making wines from Cornas, Saint-Joseph and Crozes-Hermitage.
In October 2024 she took over a five-acre high-density site in the Macedon Ranges, with Pinot Noir and Gewürztraminer planted in 1987 at 800 metres in narrow rows half a metre apart. The cellar door is at Knowsley.
- Visiting
- By appointment only
- Address
- 366 Moorabbee Road, Knowsley VIC 3523
Regions
Wines
- ECK Wines "Doug's" Pinot Noir — Red
- ECK Wines Cabernet Sauvignon — Red
- ECK Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Malbec Pohlman's Creek Rouge Cuvée — Red
- ECK Wines Cabernet Sauvignon No. 2 — Red
- ECK Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé — Rosé
- ECK Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé No. 4 — Rosé
- ECK Wines Grenache Rosé — Rosé
- ECK Wines Heathcote Cabernet Sauvignon No. 3 — Red
- ECK Wines Heathcote Marsanne No. 3 — White
- ECK Wines Heathcote Shiraz No. 4 — Red
- ECK Wines Marsanne — White
- ECK Wines Marsanne No. 2 — White
- ECK Wines Mt Alexander Shire "Fûts de Chêne" Chardonnay — White
- ECK Wines Mt Alexander Shire "Sur Lie" Chardonnay — White
- ECK Wines Mt Alexander Shire Riesling — White
- ECK Wines Pinot Noir Syrah Pohlman's Creek Field Blend — Red
- ECK Wines Rosé No. 5 (Pinot Noir) — Rosé
- ECK Wines Shiraz — Red
- ECK Wines Shiraz No. 3 — Red
- ECK Wines Shiraz Pinot Noir Mourvèdre HECK Home Blend 0 — Red
- ECK Wines Shiraz Sparkling — Sparkling
- ECK Wines Shiraz The Matilda Reserve — Red
- ECK Wines Sparkling Shiraz No. 2 — Sparkling
- ECK Wines Syrah Wirilda Bay — Red