SC Pannell is the McLaren Vale and Adelaide Hills winery of Stephen Pannell and his wife Fiona, built on the conviction that place is the most important factor in making truly great wine. Stephen believes the region's benign Mediterranean climate and complex mosaic of ancient geology suit a palette of varieties beyond the traditional, and the winery has become known for signature wines from Grenache, Tempranillo, Touriga Nacional, Aglianico, Nero d'Avola and Fiano.
Over nine years the Pannells gradually acquired four vineyards, each planted to the variety that suits it best: Nebbiolo in the Adelaide Hills, Aglianico at Olivers Road in McLaren Vale, Grenache in Blewitt Springs and Shiraz at Upper Tintara in the McLaren Vale foothills. Stephen fell in love with Koomilya, a distinctive 35-hectare McLaren Vale property with its own microclimate, in the 1990s and bought it in 2012; it produces intensely structured Shiraz. The Adelaide Hills vineyard has proven an ideal home for Nebbiolo, and the 2022 Protero Nebbiolo was named in Halliday's Top 100 Wines for 2025.
The Pannells' approach combines decades of winemaking experience with close attention to each vineyard's soil, aspect and history, and has inspired a generation of winemakers interested in alternative varieties.
- Founded
- 2004
- Winemakers
- Stephen Pannell
Regions
Wines
- SC Pannell Adelaide Hills Barbera — Red
- SC Pannell Adelaide Hills Nebbiolo — Red
- SC Pannell Adelaide Hills Nebbiolo Rose — Rosé
- SC Pannell Adelaide Hills Pinot Grigio — White
- SC Pannell Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir — Red
- SC Pannell Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc — White
- SC Pannell Aglianico — Red
- SC Pannell Aglianico Oliver's Road — Red
- SC Pannell Arido Adelaide Hills Nebbiolo Rose — Rosé
- SC Pannell Arido Adelaide Hills Rose — Rosé
- SC Pannell BLEWITT SPRINGS GRENACHE — Red
- SC Pannell By SCP Adelaide Hills Nebbiolo — Red
- SC Pannell By SCP McLaren Vale Tempranillo — Red
- SC Pannell Cabernet Blends Koomilya McLaren Vale Cabernet Shiraz — Red
- SC Pannell Cabernet Blends McLaren Vale Cabernet Malbec — Red
- SC Pannell Dead End Tempranillo — Red
- SC Pannell Fi Fi Fiano — White
- SC Pannell Field Street McLaren Vale Shiraz — Red
- SC Pannell Grenache Arido Rosé — Rosé
- SC Pannell Grenache Basso Garnacha — Red
- SC Pannell Grenache Blends Pronto — Red
- SC Pannell Grenache Blends Tinto Old Vine Garnacha Blend — Red
- SC Pannell Grenache Little Branch — Red
- SC Pannell Grenache NO220 — Red
- SC Pannell Grenache Shiraz Touriga — Red
- SC Pannell Koomilya CP Block McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon — Red
- SC Pannell Koomilya DC Block McLaren Vale Shiraz — Red
- SC Pannell Koomilya GT Block Shiraz — Red
- SC Pannell Koomilya JC Block McLaren Vale Shiraz — Rosé
- SC Pannell Koomilya McLaren Vale Shiraz — Red
- SC Pannell Koomilya Tempranillo Touriga — Red
- SC Pannell Langhorne Creek Montepulciano — Red
- SC Pannell McLaren Vale Grenache — Red
- SC Pannell McLaren Vale Grenache Rose — Rosé
- SC Pannell McLaren Vale Grenache Shiraz — Red
- SC Pannell McLaren Vale Nero Diavola — Red
- SC Pannell Merrivale Shiraz — Red
- SC Pannell Nebbiolo — Red
- SC Pannell Nero d'Avola Nero Diavola — Red
- SC Pannell Off Dry White Lenswood Riesling — White
- SC Pannell Old MacDonald Grenache — Red
- SC Pannell Old McDonald Grenache — Red
- SC Pannell Piccadilly Chardonnay — White
- SC Pannell Protero Aromatico — White
- SC Pannell Protero Dolcetto — Red
- SC Pannell Protero Pinots — Orange
- SC Pannell Protero Pinots White Blend — White
- SC Pannell Protero Rose — Rosé
- SC Pannell Red Blends Fleurieu Touriga Tempranillo — Red
- SC Pannell Red Blends McLaren Vale Touriga Cabernet Mataro — Red
- SC Pannell Shiraz Adelaide Hills Syrah — Red
- SC Pannell Shiraz Blends The Vale — Red
- SC Pannell Shiraz Grenache The Vale — Red
- SC Pannell Shiraz Syrah — Red
- SC Pannell Smart Clarendon Grenache — Red
- SC Pannell Sunrise 99 Grenache — Red
- SC Pannell Sunset 100 Grenache — Red
- SC Pannell Tanino — Red
- SC Pannell Tempranillo Touriga — Red
- SC Pannell Touriga National — Red
- SC Pannell Wh Blend Adelaide Hills Pronto Bianco — White
- SC Pannell White Blends Aromatico — White
- SC Pannell White GenericsBlends Aromatico — White