Raised on a mixed farm in New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay, Nicki has built a 35-year career at the intersection of wine, sustainability, leadership, and communication.
As Viticultural Development Manager for Barossa Australia, she has helped progress the practices of more than 500 grape growers through science-led viticulture, environmental innovation, and nationally recognised leadership programs.
Nicki has driven award-winning initiatives in climate resilience, soil health, and sustainable wine growing, while mentoring the next generation of Barossa vignerons with the ‘Next Crop’ program and viticulture apprenticeships for Year 10s at Nuri High and Faith College.
With a career spanning winemaking, journalism, education, and grower engagement, she is inspiring change and building capability in Australia’s most iconic wine region.
A ‘mostly’ portrait and ‘brief’ interview series by professional photographer Pete Thornton exploring the idea that one image has the power to tell the whole story.
Each ‘sitter’ suggests the next person to be photographed in this series, and thus ensues an interesting and unknown trail of Barossa identities to come.
Stay tuned… Pete
Grant is probably best known for his passionate roles in wine and food that date back to Rockford and the Barossa stalwart restaurant, fermentAsian. But delve back to Grant’s younger years, growing up in Sydney and you find a passion for music and Orchestra.
A hobby that turned into a passion that turned into a business and way of life, Barossa’s Barry Gardner or ‘Baz’ has been making knives for enthusiasts, commercial and hospitality clients and lovers of outstanding craftsmanship for some 32 years. Fourteen of those have been as a tenant at Seppeltsfield’s ‘Jam Factory’.
Barossa based glass artist Brenden Scott French works away in his busy, purposeful and colourful studio space at Seppeltsfield’s ‘Jam Factory’. It’s an intriguing open space showing finished works, experimental projects, raw materials and all the tools this artist needs to work away at his inspiring creations.
