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Uleybury is a family owned and operated boutique winery that produces only premium quality wines that have distinguishing varietal characteristics and flavours that are inviting to the palate.

Uleybury lies North - East of Adelaide, South Australia, within the Mount Lofty Ranges . It is a picturesque area and to add to it's poetic beauty it also fast becoming a new wine growing area.  

It was here where Tony Pipicella and family first planted vines in 1995. Then in July 2000 Uleybury Wines released their 1999 Hand Picked Uley Chapel Shiraz, 1999 Hand Picked Grenache Shiraz and 2000 Hand Picked Semillon. 

The reponse and success of the first three labels and now their continued vintage releases, along with several other new releases has proved that Uleybury "has the elements necessary to produce quality wine", Winestate Magazine Nov/Dec 2000 (Read Review)

How has such a young winery gained such a good reputation so quickly?  

BALANCE - Harmony among the wines' components. At Uleybury Wines they believe this balance begins in the vineyard. Therefore, they work hard and practice a quality first approach to wine grape growing and in turn to the production of superior quality wines.

However, the harmony of their wines means more than the infusion of varietal characters, it means a gathering of family and friends, a celebration, an essential accompaniment to food and a feast for the senses. Therefore, they want you to appreciate Uleybury Wines not only for their high standard of quality, but also for the invitation as an essential element into the enjoyment of your life.