Welcome To The Drift Estate

The Drift Estate is an education in generational thinking. It’s a family focus. Sometimes, it’s a frank reflection of personal failure. But the mistakes and disappointments are only the slippery steps up a beautiful mountain slope. This is farming, after all. When you pause for breath and look around at the view, the stumbling is forgotten. You realise, you are still going forward and upward for all the right reasons. What a privilege. Your eyes and nose and lungs are flooded with freshness and this seeps into your soul. Your weariness disappears. You feel more. You sense more. You can’t help smiling, and it starts in your heart. Life, and this clamorous endeavour called living, are put into perspective.

Bruce Jack

“Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste.
It’s what everything else isn’t.” – Theodore Roethke

Estate Red Blend This feisty red is called Moveable Feast because the blend will alter slightly every year depending on what’s in the barrels and how they perform – a blend of mostly Malbec and Shiraz with Tannat, Touriga Nacional and Barbera carefully blended in to spice it up. Moveable Feast BUY NOW LEARN MORE

Touriga Franca & Chardonnay I've been attempting to name a wine for my wife for almost twenty years. She finally agreed to one, mostly because this is her favourite style of wine, but also because our altitude ensures high natural acidity, keeping the wine both beautifully balanced and fresh - just what she loves in her sparkles. Penelope Cap Classique BUY NOW LEARN MORE

Pinot Noir I love Pinot Noir. It transcends the obvious and the easy. Like life, however, it can sometimes seem unforgiving, unfair and unfathomable. But, when this grape shines, what lies beneath the layers of aroma and flavour can be so moving one instantly becomes a believer again. There Are Still Mysteries BUY NOW LEARN MORE

Single Vineyard Barbera We were warned against this tricky variety on our cold windswept farm, but we believed in it and have been happily repaid with superb quality and an intriguing character. We are pretty sure you’ll fall in love with this wine from the heart of our farm. Gift Horse Barbera BUY NOW LEARN MORE