A chance meeting in McLaren Vale lead to Legit Wines being the first (and currently only) distributor to be trusted to bring these micro production and highly praised wines to the trade. Alan hails from the USA and has completed vintages on both the east and west of the US, as well as Portugal. It was however a 10-year stint as a senior winemaker at d’Arenberg where Alan really cut his teeth. Through this role Alan formed relationships with some of the most sort after growers in McLaren, Adelaide Hills & Langhorne – making way for the age old equation of killer winemaker + killer fruit = killer wines. One plus one equals four if you will, a legit equation for success!

In Alan’s words: “My winemaking approach is traditional yet sensitive. I am not afraid to step out of the box and go with my intuition. I utilise whole bunch and/or whole berry addition, extended cold soaks, indigenous yeast, submerged cap, foot treading, and extended as well as carbonic maceration – whatever the fruit calls for really. I only use old seasoned oak with no fining or filtration. I make my wines out of a new, environmentally sensitive winery I built alongside my wife Kathrin’s restaurant at Victor’s Place, located at the Gateway to McLaren Vale overlooking the beautiful rolling hills of the Onkaparinga Gorge”