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Meticulously developed over two decades, here is an opportunity to harvest the benefits of an eclectic mix of on-trend grape varieties while enjoying a 300 square metre hilltop home complete with swimming pool and plenty of room for outdoor entertaining.
While the property has supplied various natural winemakers over many vintages, a compliant wine making room and Producer's Licence make creation of your own label (and cellar door STCC) a real possibility.
Four blocks over 10 of the property's 20 acres boast some 9,500 vines (north-south trellising), including Syrah, Pinot Gris, Dolcetto, Sangiovese, Merlot, Viognier and Verdicchio. Harvest yields around 25 tonnes of quality grapes, averaging 2.5 tonnes per acre.The four vineyard blocks are all irrigated from two bores servicing a 75,000 litre holding tank. Although not certified as organic, all vines have been grown organically to bio-dynamic principles for the past six years, and irrigation used only when needed to achieve "dry grown" flavours in the fruit. Water use averages only 2 megalitres per annum against a water licence of 8.2 megalitres, providing scope to plant more vines (or other produce) on remaining sections of the property.
Surveying all of this from its sunny hilltop position is a 2000-built 4-5 bedroom/2 bathroom home of generous proportions with plenty of indoor and outdoor living, including a saltwater chlorinated and solar heated west-facing pool.
The adaptable living areas are a great feature of this home, with a large, flowing family room complemented by a separate dining area, a formal sitting room (both with floating timber floors), and a capacious, light-filled addition overlooking both the pool and main outdoor dining patio and the rear house-garden. This latter space would serve ideally as a study, office, games room or parents' retreat.
The well-dimensioned master bedroom has an en-suite bathroom with spa bath and separate shower, as well as walk-in wardrobe. And the vineyard and garden views will make every morning easy to rise to.
The family bedrooms - up to four, or three and another study or children's media room - also enjoy lots of light and garden views.
Enjoying your own wine (subject to you making it!) will be complete with food from the well-appointed kitchen. There's even room for a wok on the 5-burner gas stove. Breakfast bar, double sink, dishwasher, wall oven and pantry make this a place for great country cooking.
While the house runs on pressurised rainwater - three concrete tanks holding 115,000 litres - the supply can be switched to bore water, either to the whole house or to bathrooms only. A shed-mounted 9kw solar array and recently serviced Enviro system complete the utilities.
As well as the pool for cooling dips in summer, ducted reverse cycle air conditioning ensures year-round comfort.
Under the main roof is a two-car garage, with drive through access to the rear and rolladoors.
Serving the vineyards is a 200sqm, high clearance, 8-bay shed. Two bays are occupied by a purpose-built (not equipped) winemaking area built to compliance. The rest of the shed - which has 3-phase power - is ample for machinery storage. Other sheds on the property provide storage for vineyard netting.
Well-established ornamental gardens, myriad fruit trees - citrus, stonefruit, macadamias, mulberry and 80 olive trees - and raised vegetable beds ensure lots of produce for the kitchen.
All in all, this could this be your idyllic Mediterranean retreat in the Adelaide Hills, one with solid income potential and the chance to involve the whole family in a vineyard adventure. With grapes from the vineyards having fetched up to $2,500 a tonne, such a life is ripe for the picking.
The details...
• 7.92ha/19.57ac zoned Rural Livestock
• Quality 4-5 bedroom brick veneer, stone faced home (2000) with great vineyard and garden views
• Master with e/s bathroom and wir
• Formal lounge, dining, open plan family/family meals room with media/lounge area, LED lighting
• Large study/office/retreat room overlooking pool
• Ducted r/c a/c, ceiling fans throughout, s/c heater in family room
• Kitchen with 5-burner gas hob, wall oven, d/w, breakfast bar, dbl sink, pantry
• Family bathroom with separate bath and shower, vestibule vanity, w/c
• Laundry with outdoor access
• Floating timber floors, carpet and tiles
• Saltwater pool, solar heating and blanket
• Spacious verandas and patio for outdoor entertaining
• 9kw solar PV, gas HWS, NBN, Envirocycle
• 8.2meg water licence, two equipped bores (850ppm), 75kl bore storage, 115kl r/w storage
• 9,500 vines, N/S trellising, irrigated, yielding approx 25tonnes
• Space to expand vine or other planting
• Producer's Licence
• 200sqm machinery and winemaking shed with 3-phase power
• Dam and well
• Quick access to Woodside shops, supermarket via Springhead Road
• Ornamental garden, veg beds, 80+ olive trees, citrus, apples, stonefruit and mor...
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