Our vineyard is only 3ha in area with roughly equal areas of Sauvignon blanc, Cabernet sauvignon and Shiraz. There are smaller areas of Taminga, Cabernet franc, Ruby Cabernet, Rhine riesling and trial plantings of Canada Muscat, Muscat Hamburg, Carina a few Portugese port varieties.

The vineyard is in two equal size blocks which we call Dalmore and Main Block. Dalmore has shallower red to yellow clay soils while Main Block has much deeper gravelly sandy loam surface soils over clay loam to light clay subsoils. The grapes from the two different areas have quite different flavors. This adds to the complexity of the wines when they are blended.

Few pleasures are more gratifying than pouring a glass of fine wine, admiring its clarity and colour, savouring its bouquet, raising it to your lips and knowing that you bottled it yourself.

All varieties other than Taminga are spur pruned on trellises with 1m high fruiting wires. During initial training these trellises have foliage wires 400 mm above the fruiting wire, and these are removed once the vine is well established. We aim to produce wide, open canopies with even exposure to dappled sunlight.

All plantings have trickle irrigation in place, but this is only used as required to prevent stress, not to increase production. This approach maximizes the intensity of flavors and results in full bodied wines that live well in the bottle for at least 10 years for the reds and 3 or 4 years for the whites.

Vines are all hand pruned in winter. The Taminga vines are cane pruned to two 12 to 15 bud canes

Shedley Wines obtained a producer’s license in 1992 when they made their first commercial red wine, but only made fairly small quantities until they established their new winery in 2000. Most of the grapes up until that time had been sold to Lauren Brook Winery in Bridgetown where Steve Bullied made some award winning wines. From 2000 on Chris has used his own red grapes to make a series of distinctive red wines and some excellent full bodied white wines. Sauvignon blanc grapes were in high demand during that period and the grapes from several vintages were sold to prominent Margaret River wineries, who were very enthusiastic about the quality.

Chris Shedley will explain the process involved in producing wine, from growing the grapes to choosing a barrel that is ready to bottle. He will guide you in the practice of bottling the selected wine.You can then purchase the wine at a heavily reduced price.