Winemakers

 

Andrew Marks

At 15 he travelled to France as an exchange student and spent half of that time at Chateau la Croix de Louis, Castillon la Bataille, Bordeaux. He graduated from Roseworthy in 1997 and worked with Penfolds and Seppelt for 6 years. He has been involved in 7 overseas vintages, most recently at Celler Espelt on the Costa Brava, Spain. Other vintages include Etienne Sauzet in Puligny Montrachet, the Languedoc in 2002 and Sonoma County, USA in 2000. Not content with his roles as director of GHV with mother, June, and chief winemaker and viticulturist; Andrew has developed his own label, The Wanderer, which aims to deliver individual wines of flavour, character and balance. Furthermore, he has become a master distiller and producer of gin, under the label The Melbourne Gin Company. One busy man!