the-evolution-of-longview-vineyard-adelaide-hills

When the Saturno family bought Longview back in 2007, it was the definition of a “fruit salad” vineyard. “There was zinfandel, semillon, viognier, merlot…,” says CEO Peter Saturno. The Macclesfield site was established by South Australian entrepreneur Duncan MacGillivray in 1995, who “just threw everything at it, I think”.

Growing up in a hospitality family (the Saturnos owned a number of hotels and pubs across Adelaide) and working as a “grunter” (or shelf-stacker) in bottle shops as a teenager introduced Peter to the world of wine and liquor, but after studying both winemaking and wine marketing at uni, he decided the latter was where his future lay.

He moved to New York to work for importer and wine merchant Frederick Wildman & Sons, where he further developed his passion for Italian varieties, particularly nebbiolo. When the opportunity to buy Longview arose, the fact that it was also home to some of the oldest nebbiolo plantings in Australia – and that, with Peter’s parents living next door, the family “had seen its potential up close” – made it a no-brainer...