St Hallett: a timeline

1912 Pop Lindner plants the Old Block vineyard near Tanunda in the Barossa 1944

Pop’s son Bill, a trained winemaker, establishes St Hallett Wines in a Tanunda shed, focusing mainly on fortified wines 1970 Bill’s sons Carl and Elmore take charge of the winery 1972

Robert O’Callaghan joins as winemaker, remaining until he establishes Rockford Winery in the early 1980s 1980 O’Callaghan makes the first St Hallett Old Block Shiraz 1982

Stuart Blackwell, who first joined St Hallett in 1972, returns as senior winemaker, having spent several years making wines in South Africa and Zimbabwe 1988 Marketing maestro Bob McLean joins, elevating Old Block Shiraz from a South Australian treasure to an international wine icon 2000

Together with Tatachilla Wines of McLaren Vale, St Hallett forms the publicly listed company Banksia Wines, which buys Hillstowe Wines of the Adelaide Hills in 2001 2002

Major shareholder Lion Nathan brewery buys Banksia Wines

St Hallett timeline

2007

Toby Barlow becomes senior winemaker, moving from Lion Nathan’s sibling winery Mitchelton. Barlow focuses on singlevineyard releases to show the personalities of Shiraz from different Barossa sub-regions

2017 Accolade Wines buys St Hallett 2019

Helen McCarthy joins St Hallett as senior winemaker. The brand embraces a new strategy, abandoning white wines to market itself as a specialist in Barossa Shiraz