Wines of Tasmania
In the heart of the Piper’s Brook wine region in Northern Tasmania sits one-of-a-kind vineyard, Sinapius.
Meticulous vineyard management and low intervention winemaking means the wines are exceptionally high quality and in high demand.
The late Vaughn Dell and wife Linda Morice, both Tasmanian born, purchased the Sinapius (pronounced Sin-ay-pee-us) vineyard in 2005. In May 2020, sadly, Vaughn passed away in his sleep.
Quality has always been at the forefront, and Vaughn would not settle for the conventional. In his investigation, Vaughn applied techniques to grow and craft wines that express Sinapius’s rare four-hectare site. Its strong maritime influence allows the grapes to enjoy a long, even, growing season, moderated by the prevailing north-westerly sea breeze.
The vineyard is planted at a high density to multiple clones of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Gamay, Grüner Veltliner, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Riesling and Gewürztraminer. Sinapius crafts wines that reflect the site, the soils and each season.
Linda has taken over the reigns full time and continues to live and breathe the quality-driven Sinapius brand legacy that she and Vaughn worked so hard to establish. And it will continue to live on through the beautiful wines that you will discover in our boxes.
Learn more about Linda from this Cellar Door Conversation
Piper’s Brook
Our vineyard lies approximately 80-100 metres above sea level on a frost free site, 5km inland from Bass Strait. The 4 distinct vineyard blocks face North-East and East which warms the soils early in the day and gives the vines full sun exposure to ensure optimal ripeness and flavour in our grapes
The vineyard has two distinct volcanic based soil types: deep red ferrousol soils, and ironstone gravels with a layer of micaceous quartz siltstone 30-60cm below. Both soils contain large amounts of quartz and basalt, and hold moisture well which allows us to dry-grow our vines.
““Vaughn believed if there was a better way to do something, then that’s the way we should be doing it.”
— Linda Morice
