Winery & Vintage Info
Gapsted Wines, located near Myrtleford in Victoria's High Country, is an award-winning winery producing premium cool climate wines from the King and Alpine Valleys. They produce innovative wine varieties including Fiano and Saperavi, as well as classic styles such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay.
Over a planned weekend away in 1996 the founding partners - Shayne Cunningham, John Cavedon, Pat and Kevin Murtagh, the Bailey family, Jim Moularadellis, Bill Moularadellis and Richard Carson - got together to discuss the winery partnership. Their decision to embark on this business venture saw the birth of Gapsted Wines on that same weekend.
They are seven wine industry families who came together and invested themselves in the region that they love. Although their skills, talents, and personalities are varied, they made the decision to build Gapsted winery based on the single idea of 'excellence'.
The Ballerina Canopy Range is the flagship label of Gapsted Wines. They source the fruit from a handful of selected growers that consistently produce exceptional grapes. Uncompromising winemaking practices such as carefully controlled fermentations, premium oak maturation and bottle ageing then transform the fruit into the highest quality wines. Complexity, balance and elegance are the hallmarks of their Ballerina Canopy range.
