A little bit about us...
Armed with a single minded reverence for the art, the tradition and the mystique of fine wine, we cannot deny that we have launched ourselves wholeheartedly in to the challenging and highly rewarding pursuit of this wine.
Firstly teaming up in 2000 while studying Oenology (Erinn) and Viticulture(Janet) at Adelaide University, we continued our "education" spending time in France, Italy, Spain & Germany touring the great viticultural regions of the Old World - working, listening and learning. We followed our belief that great wine is a wine that holds the secret of the unique and healthy soils in which it was grown, is a wine full of vitality and expression and is a wine that carries the respect for tradition and (ultimately) biodynamic wine growing. In Europe, and in Australia too, we met and learnt from those who believe in this also.
With these privileged experiences we created Ngeringa Vineyards. Together we were dreamers, but in the beginning, Erinn, single handedly, did the hard yards working tirelessly with the young vines, nurturing them through the seasons with biodynamics as their guardian. With Germanic (!) attention to detail and ambition for perfection, balanced with an Aussie 'no worries mate' approach (!), Erinn motivated his small team to hand weed the vine rows, find the perfect vine position and learn to understand the aim of nurturing the soil, the vine and the land in order to achieve wines with ultimate vitality and expression. He also took the fast track learning path to building a winery, managing narrow vineyard rows (importing a unique tractor/crawler to do so), running cows (beautifully shaggy Scottish Highland cattle!), harvesting hay and other essential closed farm activities.
Meanwhile, after 18 months on the Southcorp Graduate Program, Janet took a temporary career change away from viticulture and in to corporate business, working in the marketing team of Jurlique International, a highly successful and inspirational natural wellbeing and skincare brand founded by Erinn's parents. In 2006, Janet finally rejoined Ngeringa... renewing her touch on viticulture, working in the cellar and developing the business side of Ngeringa.
"Together we laugh, dream and inspire each other. And we look forward to doing so in the years to come and to sharing the results - J.E and NGERINGA wines!"
