Vintage Journal — 2026 Week 5 | 6th April 2026 The Season There is a clear shift now. The pace of intake has slowed, and the rhythm of the winery has moved away from receiving fruit to shaping what has already come in. The season has turned cooler, and with [...]
In the foundation stages of Yelland and Papps, Shiraz was the first variety we produced in 2005. Our home then was in the Greenock township and that era Shiraz was the pinnacle and if you didn’t make a Shiraz, you were “sorry what……you don’t make Shiraz”? The next [...]
YELLAND & PAPPS EST.2005 SUSAN & MICHAEL PAPPS “The wheel is come full circle” – WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE New World wine in an old-world way. In 2012 Michael and Susan Papps decided to start making wines that were a nod to the old-world style. Lighter brighter, higher acid and [...]
