Highback Vineyard & Honeysuckle Rise Country Accommodation

Highbank wines can be enjoyed at fine restaurants and wine shops in all of Australia’s state capital cities and in more than twenty additional world capitals.

Dennis and Bonnie Vice were pioneers of organic viticulture and farm based tourism for almost 30 years in the Coonawarra wine region of Australia. As a family they arrived from America in 1985 settling eventually in Coonawarra after an extensive yearlong investigation of all of the significant wine growing regions of Australia. Dennis’ extensive educational background in business administration, history, economics, wine studies and education made for a memorable transition into this very different cultural experience.

The name ‘Highbank’ comes from the famous strip of red ground - the high bank of ground that is the central spine of the true Coonawarra wine district. Coonawarra is the greatest Cabernet wine producing region of Australia… the King of the world’s wine varieties. When the family vineyards were planted in 1996 a selection of low to moderate yielding clones were selected which had finest color, purest aromas and levels of extraordinary flavors. In addition to many sensational wine reviews of the last twenty years… Highbank has consistently gained the attention of the most famous ones.

Robert Parker Jr. of ‘The Wine Advocate’ the wine world’s most influential wine writer who calls Highbank “Australia’s version of a top notch Pauillac (such as the very expensive Lynch Bages or Grand Puy Lacoste) this spectacular blend of Cabernet Sauvignon…” and “the Leoville Las Cases of Australia”.

Wine writer Neal Martin of eParker.com recently wrote that Highbank was “Coonawarra’s Wine Artisan”:

“The wines of Highbank have already received praise from Robert Parker and I would concur: these are high quality Coonawarra wines fashioned in a way that has more parallels with the Old World than new. I was particularly impressed by older Highbank Coonawarra wines such as the 2002, which after bottle ageing is showing great complexity, fine tannins and a certain ‘coolness’ or ‘nonchalance’ that is very attractive. Overall production is of course limited, but these are well worth seeking out.”

Honeysuckle Rise Country Accommodation, located right amongst the vines at Highbank offers luxury, views, spas and a tranquil setting for the wine enthusiast. A great way to visit the source of these great wines and live the wines.

Highbank wines can be enjoyed at fine restaurants and wine shops in all of Australia’s state capital cities and in more than twenty additional world capitals.