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 Family photo of Toni's father Arthur Smith (standing) unloading bagged barley in 1943. |
History Barley Stacks is the first commercial vineyard to be established in the traditional barley belt of the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, renown for growing the world’s best malting barley. Rich grey soil over limestone, with a low but certain 16” rainfall, combined with a warm maritime climate, increased row spacing, heavy mulching, bird net protection, hand-pruning and hand-picking has contributed to the production of premium quality fruit. Barley stacks is a rare discovery. The Gregory family’s pioneering spirit and vision, and most importantly terroir and viticulture management practices have created a unique and remarkable wine. No effort has been spared in the name of quality: Water is pumped 250 kilometres from Swan Reach to the vineyards. The vineyards are managed using Partial Root Zone Drying (PRD) yielding vines, at under 1 tonne per acre, in order to produce wines of great intensity that offer fullness of flavour and varietal fruit characters |