Paracombe Wines is a family-owned winery high in the Adelaide Hills, run by the Drogemuller family. Its beginnings came out of adversity: after the 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires, the family planted a vineyard on an old dairy farm and made their first wines in a tin shed. The township of Paracombe, settled in 1840 as a sheep station, takes its name from the Little Para River, whose headwaters rise nearby, and 'combe', a steep narrow valley; it sits beside the Torrens Gorge amid vineyards and orchards.
The vineyard lies on an ancient plateau 425 metres above sea level, on Barossa Complex soils around 1.7 billion years old, the oldest rocks in the Mount Lofty Ranges. The lean soils are layered with ironstone, buckshot gravel and quartz, the remnant of an ancient riverbed with spring water beneath, so vine roots grow deep and draw up minerals that shape the wines.
The family describes its wines as honouring story and place, and puts sustainability and care for the environment at the heart of its approach from vine to glass. Its success is credited to the commitment of the whole Drogemuller family and team, and the cellar door hosts tastings and seasonal weekends.
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Regions
Wines
- Paracombe Wines Adelaide Hills Cabernet Franc — Red
- Paracombe Wines Adelaide Hills Gruner V5 — White
- Paracombe Wines Adelaide Hills Nebbiolo — Red
- Paracombe Wines Adelaide Hills Semillon — White
- Paracombe Wines Adelaide Hills Shiraz Cabernet — Red
- Paracombe Wines Adelaide Hills Shiraz Nebbiolo — Red
- Paracombe Wines Cabernet Blends Cellar Reserve — Red
- Paracombe Wines Cabernet Blends The Reuben — Red
- Paracombe Wines Cabernet Sauvignon — Red
- Paracombe Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Caretaker — Red
- Paracombe Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Cabernet Franc Malbec Shiraz The Reuben — Red
- Paracombe Wines Chardonnay — White
- Paracombe Wines Chardonnay Reserve — White
- Paracombe Wines Dimenticato Adelaide Hills Shiraz — Red
- Paracombe Wines Fiano — White
- Paracombe Wines Grenache — Red
- Paracombe Wines Grüner Veltliner Grüner V5 — White
- Paracombe Wines Grüner Veltliner Reserve — White
- Paracombe Wines Holland Creek Adelaide Hills Riesling — White
- Paracombe Wines MacGillivray Adelaide Hills Shiraz Viognier — Red
- Paracombe Wines MacGillivray Shiraz — Red
- Paracombe Wines Malbec — Red
- Paracombe Wines Malbec Tempranillo Red Ruby — Rosé
- Paracombe Wines Melrose Shiraz — Red
- Paracombe Wines Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc The Reuben — Red
- Paracombe Wines Montepulciano — Red
- Paracombe Wines Nebbiolo Malbec — Red
- Paracombe Wines Pecorino — White
- Paracombe Wines Petit Verdot — Red
- Paracombe Wines Pinot Blanc — White
- Paracombe Wines Pinot Gris — White
- Paracombe Wines Pinot Gris Pinot Noir Pinot Blanc A Trio of Pinot Sparkling Rosé NV — Sparkling
- Paracombe Wines Pinot Gris Pinot Noir Pinot Blanc Adelaide Hills A Trio of Pinot Sparkling Rosé — Sparkling
- Paracombe Wines Pinot Noir — Red
- Paracombe Wines Pinot Noir Chardonnay — Sparkling
- Paracombe Wines Pinot Noir Plateau — Red
- Paracombe Wines Reserve Pinot Noir — Red
- Paracombe Wines Riesling — White
- Paracombe Wines Rose Adelaide Hills Red Ruby — Rosé
- Paracombe Wines Sangiovese — Red
- Paracombe Wines Sauvignon Blanc — White
- Paracombe Wines Shiraz — Red
- Paracombe Wines Shiraz Viognier — Red
- Paracombe Wines Somerville Shiraz — Red
- Paracombe Wines Sparkling Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir Chardonnay — Sparkling
- Paracombe Wines Tempranillo — Red
- Paracombe Wines Vermentino — White
- Paracombe Wines Viognier — White
- Paracombe Wines Viognier Reserve — White