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Thistledown Wines

Thistledown Wines works in Wineries, out of McLaren Vale, South Australia. It is privately held, and its site is thistledownwines.com. It holds one address on record, all in Australia. Headcount on record is 4. Its work is tagged shiraz, winemaking and chardonnay. The record links five similar brands, most of them in Food Production.

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Profile live Privately Held Founded 2011 1 office country
Counted staff
4
self-reported 2–10 band
Founded
2011
15 years
Legal entities
None matched
Office countries
1
1 address
Funding rounds
None on record
Company type
Privately Held
self-reported
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Description

We narrate the stories and harness the energy of South Australia's iconic vineyard sites to hand-craft detailed, pure & precise Grenache, Shiraz & Chardonnay.

Since 2011 Thistledown have hand-made delicious, energetic wines – all sourced from iconic vineyard sites in the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills.

We are founded by two Masters of Wine, Giles Cooke MW and Fergal Tynan MW, whose vision is to make small batch wines reflecting their personality and that of the ‘place’ and growers.

At our winery in the Adelaide Hills our focus is on crafting premium, small batch, low intervention wines from sites that we believe are special.

It's no secret that we're obsessed with Grenache, particularly the old vine, dry grown stuff in McLaren Vale and Barossa. We’ve been gathering the very best selection of Grenache sites in Australia and have become an authority on Australian Grenache and it’s ‘Grand Cru’ capability.

We were awarded Best Grenache in Australia in Halliday Wine Companion 2022 and hold a Halliday 5 red star rating, and The Real Review 'Top Wineries of Australia'.

Specialties

All 10 specialties
  • winemaking
  • grenache
  • mclaren vale
  • shiraz
  • barossa valley
  • chardonnay
  • adelaide hills
  • online cellar door
  • master of wine
  • online wine tasting

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Offices in 1 countryCountry footprint: 1 country, primary AU. Codes: AU.1 countryprimary AUAU
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Addresses

  • AUMcLaren Vale, South AustraliaPrimary

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2 employee profiles on record · names withheld.

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How many people work at Thistledown Wines?

4 counted staff profiles at January 2026, inside the self-reported 2–10 band.

Where does Thistledown Wines have offices?

One address on record, Australia only. Primary: McLaren Vale, South Australia.

Has Thistledown Wines raised funding?

None linked to this brand.

What does Thistledown Wines list as its specialties?

Ten tags on the brand's own list, among them shiraz, winemaking and chardonnay.

Which companies are listed alongside Thistledown Wines?

4 profiles list Thistledown Wines as a peer — 72nd percentile in Wineries. It lists ten peers of its own. Wine Radar and Willunga 100 list it back.

What is Thistledown Wines's website?

thistledownwines.com