Old Plains was started in 2002 by longtime friends and winemakers Tim Freeland and Dom Torzi, with a mission to preserve the old-vine vineyards of the Adelaide Plains. Many were planted by post-war migrants in the 1940s and 1950s, and these dry-grown, low-yielding vines had survived vine-pull schemes and urban sprawl but were at risk of disappearing.
The pair give these vineyards a voice through minimal-intervention winemaking: hand-picked fruit, open-top fermenters and basket pressing, making honest, small-batch wines such as an old-vine Grenache from 1950s plantings.
In 2005 they launched a second label, Longhop, to apply the same philosophy to a broader range of styles.
- Address
- 71 High Street, Grange, SA 5022
- Founded
- 2002
- Winemakers
- Tim Freeland, Dom Torzi
Regions
Wines
- Old Plains Alluvium Old Vine Cabernet Shiraz — Red
- Old Plains Cabernet Sauvignon Longhop Old Vine — Red
- Old Plains Cabernet Shiraz Longhop Old Vine Reserve — Red
- Old Plains Chardonnay Valley View — White
- Old Plains Fiano Long Hop Alluvium — White
- Old Plains Gravity Ponds Moppa Vineyard Barossa Valley Shiraz — Red
- Old Plains Longhop Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris — White
- Old Plains Longhop Adelaide Hills Riesling — White
- Old Plains Longhop Boomerang Shiraz — Red
- Old Plains Longhop Cabernet Sauvignon — Red
- Old Plains Longhop Mount Lofty Ranges Cabernet Sauvignon — Red
- Old Plains Longhop Mount Lofty Ranges Shiraz — Red
- Old Plains Longhop Mt Lofty Ranges Shiraz — Red
- Old Plains Longhop Old Vine Adelaide Plains Grenache — Red
- Old Plains Longhop Old Vine Grenache — Red
- Old Plains Longhop Premier Cuvee Pinot Noir Chardonnay — Sparkling
- Old Plains Longhop Rose — Rosé
- Old Plains Longhop Shiraz — Red
- Old Plains Longhop Watercourse Pinot Gris — White
- Old Plains Merlot Longhop — Red
- Old Plains Merlot Longhop Angaston — Red
- Old Plains Power of One Old Vine Shiraz — Red
- Old Plains Raw Power Shiraz — Red
- Old Plains Red genericsblends Mistura Touriga Amarela Cao — Red
- Old Plains Riesling Raven — White
- Old Plains Riesling Ravine — White
- Old Plains Shiraz Longhop Old Vine — Red
- Old Plains Terreno Old Vine Grenache — Red
- Old Plains White GenericsBlends Longhop Old Vine La Quattro — White