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The Tripe Club of Victoria is delighted to present Tom Guthrie, founder, owner and winemaker of Grampians Estate. Tom’s reputation, as a talented and exceptional winemaker of over 35yrs standing is well known across Australia. Grampians Estate has emerged as one of the Grampians region’s iconic wineries, as testified in a ‘5 star’ rating from James Halliday (top 8% in Australia). 

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Tom Guthrie is a fourth generation sheep farmer, whose great grandfather started in the sheep industry in 1847, as a newly arrived immigrant from Scotland. However, Tom decided to take a punt on winemaking as a way of diversifying the family’s income.

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The first vines were planted in 1989 and the Grampians Estate’s first vintage was released in 1995. Tom, with his wife, Sarah, have now substantially expanded Grampians Estate’s offerings to include a multitude of varieties from Chardonnay to Rosé, to the most popular Rutherford Sparkling Shiraz.

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Grampians Estate has fast become one of the region’s leading boutique wineries with an impressive list of awards, having won 85 trophies for their wines since 2002. The Guthries’ passion has resulted in notable awards including Best Shiraz at the 2002 Victorian Wine Show, Best Shiraz at the 2005 National Wine Show and Winestate Magazine’s Best Sparkling for 2010.

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Tom handed over the sheep business to his nephews, and is now a full-time winemaker, having graduated as he puts it “as the second oldest winemaker” in his degree in wine science in the early 2000s.