Whicher Ridge

It is hard to imagine a founding husband-and-wife team with such an ideal blend of viticultural and winemaking experience accumulated over a combined 40+ years. Cathy Howard (née Spratt) was a winemaker for 16 years at Orlando and St Hallett in the Barossa Valley, and at Watershed Wines in Margaret River. She now has her own winemaking consulting business as well as making the Whicher Ridge wines. Neil Howard’s career as a viticulturist began in the Pyrenees region with Taltarni and Blue Pyrenees Estate, then he moved to Mount Avoca as vineyard manager for 12 years. When he relocated to the west, he managed and developed a number of vineyards throughout the region. Whicher Ridge’s Odyssey Creek Vineyard at Chapman Hill in Geographe supplies sauvignon blanc and cabernet sauvignon, as well as a little viogner, malbec, mataro and petit verdot. Shiraz and cabernet are also sourced from a leased vineyard in Margaret River. Exports to Singapore. -JAMES HALLIDAY