The founding father of DiGiorgio Family Wines, Stefano Di Giorgio arrived in Australia from Italy in 1952. Apart from a brief stint on his arrival and a later move to Queensland to take up a sugar cane cutting job, Stefano has always held interests in the Lucindale district of the Limestone Coast, and has been acquiring land and developing farming businesses in the Lucindale district since first arriving. This was through the contracting of services to local councils and farmers. From 1956, he and his family have worked in the area. During his early years in Australia Stefano worked in several farming operations and was admired for his ability to take on any challenge handed to him. Stefano and his wife Rita have four children, Frank, Nanni, Anna and Nicky. Today the entire family work passionately in the family business and have proved a formidable team.
The DiGiorgio Coonawarra vineyard, planted on the famous 'terra rossa' strip of soil surrounding the family winery, forms part of what was the original site of the Coonawarra Fruit Growing Colony, established by John Riddoch in 1890. Now more than 115 years old, a few knarled old shiraz vines still exist from the original colony's plantings, making a dramatic statement about the key location of the DiGiorgio Family winery and vineyards.The DiGiorgio Family believes passionately that you can not make great wine from ordinary grapes and that lower yields and maximisation of fruit expression are the secret to quality wine production.
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