GLENELG

Steeped in tradition, six generations of the Downie family have taken their hand to tend to Glenelg Estate, in Tasmania’s upper Derwent Valley. Granted an initial 1000 acres by Governor William Sorell in 1828, solicitor and forefather Andrew Downie established the first merino flock after emigrating from Stirling, Scotland. Today, the original sandstone homestead is the centrepiece of a progressive farming enterprise where tradition and generational knowledge are blended with cutting edge technology to produce premium grapes. Sheep still graze the land at Glenelg under a lease arrangement, with the current generation focusing on the vineyard.