Banrock Station Winery, Australia

Banrock Station Winery

Banrock Station Winery, Australia

Fine Australian wines, making an impact around

For over a decade, Banrock Station wines have brought the pleasure of fine Australian wine and the

message of conservation to the world. Part proceeds of every sale have already contributed to

conservation projects in 60 countries.

Paul Burnett is a South Australian local, completing his Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Oenology)

at the University of Adelaide.

Paul has travelled extensively throughout the Californian wine regions and gained valuable experience

with Blackstone winery in the USA, specialising in small scale premium winemaking. He spent three

months working in vineyards in the town of Castelfiorentino in Tuscany, Italy and fell in love with

flavoursome Italian red varietals such as Montepulciano and Sangiovese.

Since 2004, Paul has been making wine from his base in the Riverland, South Australia. Paul has a

strong passion for the South Australian Riverland region which he believes is at the forefront of

innovation and research across viticulture and winemaking.

Kate Thorn spent her childhood on the River Murray, growing up with a passion for the Australian

landscape that directed her to Environmental Management studies. She has worked on South

Australia's west coast and in Tasmania, on projects as diverse as coastal and catchment rehabilitation,

bushfire ecology and recovery and feral animal control to protect small native mammals.

Kate joined the Banrock Station team in 2008 and has responsibility for the property's ecological

management including threatened species recovery, Ramsar wetland management, revegetation

and wetland management, environmental education and interpretation and liaison with community

and Government.