Our Review
The Holyman family had been involved in vineyards in Tasmania for 20 years, but Joe Holyman’s career in the wine industry – first as a sales rep, then as a wine buyer and more recently working in wineries in NZ, Portugal, France, Mount Benson and Coonawarra – gave him an exceptionally broad-based understanding of wine. In 2004 Joe and wife Lou purchased the former Rotherhythe Vineyard, which had been established in 1986, and set about restoring it to its former glory. There are 2 ranges: the Stoney Rise wines (see separate entry), focusing on fruit and early drinkability; and the Holyman wines here – with more structure, more new oak and the best grapes, here the focus is on length and potential longevity. Exports to the UK, the Netherlands, Singapore and Japan. -JAMES HALLIDAY