The Tempting - Thorn Clarke Sandpiper Shiraz

by James Clarke Wine Lover

Winemakers at Thorn Clarke winery deeply believe that the wines are made in the vineyard and not in the winery. Producing award-winning wines – one such wine from its Sandpiper range is 2016 Sandpiper Shiraz. Recently it has won awards at few wine competitions. Some of which are listed below-

Sandpiper Shiraz is gold medal winner at 2017 New World Wine Awards.
The wine has also won Blue Gold at Sydney International Wine Competition 2018 and silver at New York World & Spirits Competition 2017.Sydney International i

About the Winery

Established in 1987. Founders and owners of this winery are David and Cheryl Clarke. David Clarke previously was the chairman of AustralianVintage Limited, once Australia’s second largest wine company. Cheryl’s father Ron Thorne owned some of the oldest Shiraz vineyards in Australia dated to 1854 as per the records. Six generations of Thorn-Clarke family have been into winemaking.

The family has 270 hectares of vineyards spread in Barossa and Eden Valley making them one of the largest grape growers in the region.

It is a 5-red star rated winery by James Halliday. Peter Kelly is the winemaker.