Our Story

In 1985 the city life was traded in for the Hunter Valley lifestyle. Bob & Maryanne McLeish started out by planting Semillon & Chardonnay on the forty four acre property only to find that they were onto a really good thing having initial success selling there fruit to another producer, which then lead to the establishment of their own label McLeish Estate Wines.  

“I was first influenced to drink wine when I was working as an engineer in Adelaide in the mid- eighties. The water and the beer were terrible quality so I turned to drinking Henschke’s Hill of Grace at $7.50 a bottle” – Bob McLeish  

Since the humble beginnings the family owned winery has gone to elevated success in association with with Andrew Thomas as the Chief Winemaker.  

“He is a genius. He has shown us how to capture the essence of the quality of the grapes. He understands how to contain the flavours of freshly picked fruit and maintain that flavour through to bottling. Together we capture the freshness and maintain its quality” 
–Bob McLeish

Twenty Six years on and the production has grown to include six varietals all produced on the property. And with Jessica our twenty one year old daughter, plenty of medals and still producing the wines that we are so passionate about there are no regrets.

 We encourage all to experience the essence of what the Hunter Valley has to offer by visiting us on the property that sits in the Parish of Pokolbin with a backdrop of the Brokenback Mountains while enjoying our premium Hunter Valley wines.