About Us

Est. 1972



It doesn’t matter where you’ve been or where you’re going, there’s no place like home. For some, home is the place we rest our heads. For others, it’s a perch at a much-loved local pub, or turning up to the shack ahead of a long weekend. For many, it’s the happiness that a great glass of Australian Chardonnay or Riesling can bring. That’s what fans of Heggies Vineyard know they’re getting when they ask for, “The wine with the man on the horse.” That man is Colin Heggie, the late grazier and larrikin after whom Heggies Vineyard was named. All Heggies Vineyard labels feature a sketch of Colin atop his faithful sidekick Jack. Colin was well-known across the Barossa and would often turn up at the Eden Valley Hotel on horseback. There, he’d have his fill and rely on Jack to carry him back to his Eden Valley high country home. In 1972, Colin’s pal Wyndham Hill-Smith purchased the picturesque plot of land with the vision to establish a cool climate vineyard.

There’s no place like Heggies.

World Class Whites

The first of the vines were planted in 1973 and more than 40 years later, the Heggies Vineyard team still feels right at home at the family-owned, single site vineyard. Heggies Vineyard whites have long been synonymous with quality, wonderful flavour intensity, minerality and finesse. Whether consumed at a top-notch restaurant or the local watering hole, they can always be counted on, much like a great mate (or horse). There’s no place like Heggies.

the full range of heggies vineyard wines, in front of the beautiful heggies dam

The Man and his Horse


Wine has the ability to trigger memories and every stone, crevice, slope and gum tree dotted across the Heggies Vineyard property whispers stories of yore. They are jovial tales about the late grazier Colin Heggie; a local with a farmer’s heart and a larrikin streak. Colin could usually be found atop his faithful steed Jack, a horse of unwavering devotion. Together, they’d traverse the Eden Valley property they loved so much.

Wyndy's Vision


In 1972, Colin sold the land to dear friend Wyndham Hill-Smith. Wyndham was a viticultural visionary of sorts and saw potential in the high country of Eden Valley for flavour-packed wine grapes. He was right and after planting the first of the single vineyard in 1973, the Heggies Vineyard wine (a Riesling) was released in 1979. The Chardonnays followed during the 1980s. The man on a horse pictured on every label is a nod to Colin and Jack. They are a fitting tribute to mateship, vison and character, like the pristine character of the Heggies Vineyard Estate..