08/10/2026
Barbera came first.
In 1998, Andrew planted Barbera at Ceres Hill using cuttings from Montrose in Mudgee, vines that could be traced back to Piedmont in Italy.
It wasn’t an immediate success. The first few Hunter summers took some adjusting, both for the vines and for us. But with time, they found their place in Broke Fordwich.
Almost three decades later, our Ceres Hill block is the only vineyard remaining from those original Italian vinestocks, and Barbera has become an iconic w**e for Margan.
Not bad for an experiment.