VINEYARD

Lorentz Family Vineyard

The Cherry Tree Hill wine label, the culmination of eight years of hard work, is now at the stage where we are producing enough top quality wine to offer to the public.

Gabi Lorentz has had a deep love for wine since childhood, when his grandfather used to take him on a horse and cart through his vineyard in Hungary, where they produced some of the most revered wines in the country.

As a result of this lifelong passion, in 2000 Gabi decided to produce his own fine boutique wines on the family estate in the Southern Highlands. His son David manages the vineyard and overseas every aspect of the business from growing and harvesting the grapes to bottling and selling the wine.

Initially Cabernet Sauvignon and Riesling grapes were planted in 2000. Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay were then planted in 2001. Expert staff reside full time at Cherry Tree Hill vineyard to tend the grapes.

Favourable weather conditions allowed the vines to develop and produce abundant crops in 2005 and 2006. Unfortunately, the 2007 grapes throughout the Southern Highlands region were all but lost when a severe frost hit the area in early November. Since then our vines have flourished and the grape quality has returned better than ever before. We currently have four of the five grape varietals at full production.

The team at Cherry Tree Hill is dedicated to producing a range of award winning quality boutique wines at an affordable price. So far, we are well on our way to achieving this goal. Our Riesling is recognized as the rising star of the Cherry Tree Hill label however many of our other wines have also already won medals at several shows including the prestigious Sydney Royal Wine Show and Sydney Boutique Wine Awards.