Highland Heritage is a cool-climate vineyard and cellar door on the Mitchell Highway at the eastern gateway to Orange, New South Wales, owned by the D'Aquino family. The family's wine story began in 1946, when Sicilian migrant Carmelo D'Aquino made six barrels of wine in a tin shed in Orange, making the D'Aquinos the first winemaking family in the district.
The business passed to his daughter Zina and her husband Illuminato in 1970, and then to their son Rex D'Aquino, a Roseworthy-trained winemaker who joined in 1981 and took over in 1988. In 1991 the family bought the Highland Heritage property; its vineyard, first planted in 1986 with 10 acres, now covers more than 35 acres of six red and white varieties.
In 2016 Rex launched the super-premium Patrono Series to mark 70 years of the family in Orange wine. The cellar door, at one of the region's oldest vineyards, has been voted the best in Orange.
- Address
- 4968 Mitchell Highway, Orange NSW 2800
- Winemakers
- Rex D'Aquino
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Regions
Wines
- Highland Heritage Carmelo's Blend Very Old Muscat — Fortified
- Highland Heritage Chardonnay — White
- Highland Heritage Estate Generations Rosé — Rosé
- Highland Heritage Estate Generations Sauvignon Blanc — White
- Highland Heritage Estate Generations Shiraz — Red
- Highland Heritage Estate Mount Canobolas Chardonnay — White
- Highland Heritage Estate Mount Canobolas Orange Riesling — White
- Highland Heritage Estate Off Dry White Nikki D Orange Riesling — Dessert
- Highland Heritage Estate Orange Cabernet Rose — Rosé
- Highland Heritage Estate Orange Cabernet Sauvignon — Red
- Highland Heritage Estate Orange Chardonnay — White
- Highland Heritage Estate Orange Merlot — Red
- Highland Heritage Estate Orange Pinot Noir — Red
- Highland Heritage Estate Orange Riesling — White
- Highland Heritage Estate Orange Rose — Rosé
- Highland Heritage Estate Orange Sauvignon Blanc — White
- Highland Heritage Estate Orange Shiraz — Red
- Highland Heritage Estate Patrono Series Orange Cabernet Sauvignon — Red
- Highland Heritage Estate Patrono Series Orange Shiraz — Red
- Highland Heritage Estate Sauvignon Blanc Orange Fume Blanc — White
- Highland Heritage Estate The Patrono Series Pinot Noir — Red
- Highland Heritage Mount Canobolas Chardonnay — White
- Highland Heritage Mt Canobolas Bin RD 891 Nikki D Riesling — Dessert
- Highland Heritage Nikki D Riesling — Dessert
- Highland Heritage Orange Dry Riesling — White
- Highland Heritage Orange Merlot — Red
- Highland Heritage Patrono Series Cabernet Sauvginon — Red
- Highland Heritage Patrono Series Orange Shiraz — Red
- Highland Heritage Patrono Series Pinot Noir — Red
- Highland Heritage Pinot Noir — Red
- Highland Heritage Pinot Noir Chardonnay Patrono Cuvée Brut Méthode Traditionnelle — Sparkling
- Highland Heritage Pinot Noir Estate Generations — Red
- Highland Heritage Riesling — White
- Highland Heritage Sauvignon Blanc — White
- Highland Heritage Sauvignon Blanc Fumé Blanc — White
- Highland Heritage Shiraz Orange Syrah — Red
- Highland Heritage Sparkling Methode Traditionelle Cuvee Brut — Sparkling
- Highland Heritage Special Reserve Vintage — Fortified
- Highland Heritage Sweet Nikki D Orange Riesling — Dessert
- Highland Heritage Very Old Tokay — Fortified