Hello fellow fine wine enthusiasts, we would like to introduce ourselves and give you some background on our passion and drive to create Beach Family Wines.
Our family consists of ourselves (Dave and Fiona Beach) and our teenage children Alysha and Mitchell. Dave’s parents Pam and Steve round out our entire crew. It truly is a family affair.
As for our backgrounds – we are both chemists by profession and after moving to Tasmania in 1996 and studying viticulture (grape growing) part-time, developed a passion for making (and tasting) great wine, making our first wines in the Tamar Valley. After living & working overseas for many years, we returned to the Hunter Valley in 2011 and set about planning & building our new house and winery. After refreshing our winemaking knowledge again at the Kurri TAFE, we made our first Hunter wines in 2012.
Our approach is very hands on, with parcels of only premium fruit, but with minimal winemaking intervention. We do not use a large “industrial style” processes, all of our wines are made in small batches and are given individual attention and nurturing.