First Drop Wines
Conceived by two friends, Matt ‘Gantos’ Gant and John ‘JR’ Retsas, with a desire to make wines to drink, not just appreciate. Mother’s Milk! Based at the ‘Home of the Brave’ in the Barossa, First Drop is making wines with flavour, texture and a splash of funk; from fruit sourced from unique vineyards in the Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale and Barossa to bring you a diverse, deliciously exciting and thought provoking line up of flavours.
Matt Gant is an Englishman, who began his vinous journey back in 1995 when his wine-fanatical Geography lecturer contrived a two-week ‑field trip to Burgundy and Champagne, with amazing tastings every day. Inspired and intrigued by the world of wine, Matt then landed a vintage job in New Zealand and set off to learn more about wine, discovering an all-consuming passion. Other vintages followed in Spain, Italy, Portugal, the US and Australia. It was here that Matt quickly developed a reputation, winning the Wine Society’s ‘Young Winemaker of the Year’ Award in 2004 as winemaker at St Hallett, and taking out the v-know ‘Young Gun of Wine’ Award for...
Conceived by two friends, Matt ‘Gantos’ Gant and John ‘JR’ Retsas, with a desire to make wines to drink, not just appreciate. Mother’s Milk! Based at the ‘Home of the Brave’ in the Barossa, First Drop is making wines with flavour, texture and a splash of funk; from fruit sourced...
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