Fine wine, fine living Jane Maroulis (1997)
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Jane Maroulis and her husband, Daniel, are making headway with their successful and rapidly growing Hunter Valley wine label, Boydells. Jane’s hard work and commitment has led her to managing their vineyard and property, all while raising their four beautiful daughters. You can visit Jane and have a glass of wine (or two) at her new cellar door recently opened in Morpeth. Jane shares more about her work, accomplishments and her aspirations for future HVGS students. Tell us what you have been up to since leaving HVGS. After finishing school, I spent some time overseas before completing a Bachelor of Psychology and Social Work at The University of Sydney. Shortly after, I fell in love with a farmer and moved to rural NSW. That is where our love story began! Whilst in rural NSW, I worked in child protection. In 2014 I began working at a support service called Kids Out West after recognising that rural children in Out of Home Care did not have the same support services as their city counterparts. I remain the Director of Kids Out West today, and it employs approximately 70 staff and has assisted countless vulnerable children in the child protection system.
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Success 2021 Alumni
This is very challenging but extremely rewarding work which I am very passionate about. My husband Daniel and I, along with our four daughters, moved back to the Hunter in late 2015.
“Here, we realised our other dream – a love for farming and wine – and started our wine label Boydells after purchasing our dream property and vineyard in East Gresford.” It’s an idyllic place to raise our children, and it has been wonderful to be back in the Hunter, closer to family and old friends. It has been a tremendous amount of work to start a label from scratch and to produce high-quality fruit in some challenging seasons, but we have loved every step of the way. In 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, we opened our restaurant and cellar door in Morpeth. What a roller coaster this has been. We are always learning and pivoting, but most of all, we have been welcomed and supported by the local community.
