Lindeman's

Not to be confused with Lindemans Brewery.

Lindeman's
Product typeWine
OwnerTreasury Wine Estates
CountryAustralia
Introduced1843
Websitewww.lindemans.com
Lindeman's
LocationMacDonalds Road, Pokolbin, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates32°47′49″S 151°16′55″E / 32.796807°S 151.281884°E / -32.796807; 151.281884
Wine regionHunter Valley
Websitewww.lindemans.com

Lindeman's is an Australian wine company, owned by Treasury Wine Estates. It was founded in 1843 by Dr Henry John Lindeman (died May 1881),[1] who planted its first vines at "Cawarra", Gresford, on the Upper Paterson River[2] in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales. Though the vineyard comprised only 40 acres (16 ha), it was well set up, with cellars and other plant for making wine from grapes grown elsewhere in the region. Lindeman also had cellars in Sydney for ageing the wine.[3]

In 1923 the winery brought in Leo Buring as governing director and general manager.[4] He left in 1931.[5]

In the mid-1950s it produced wines of excellence that are still sought by wine collectors and wine enthusiasts today.[6]

In the 1970s, Lindeman's cask wine was marketed with the slogan 'You make me smile, Dr Lindeman', coined by writer Peter Carey.[7]

The original vineyard no longer exists, and the winery now has vineyards in South Australia (Barossa Valley, Coonawarra and Padthaway), and at Karadoc in Victoria, near Red Cliffs. It is considered a mass-producer of reasonably priced, good quality wine.[8]

In 1993, its Bin 65 chardonnay was Australia's top-selling white-wine export. Five consecutive vintages have been named "best buys" by the Wine Spectator, a consumer magazine, and Robert M. Parker, Jr. has called it "one of the three or four finest chardonnay values in the world" in his newsletter The Wine Advocate.[9]

In 2005, the brand and assets, which had been previously owned by Foster's and Southcorp, were acquired by Treasury Wine Estates.

  1. ^ "News of the Day". Sydney Morning Herald. No. 13, 466. New South Wales, Australia. 28 May 1881. p. 5. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Incendiarism". Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser. Vol. IX, no. 754. New South Wales, Australia. 24 September 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "The Vine-Growing Industry". The Australasian. Vol. XLVIII, no. 1257. Victoria, Australia. 3 May 1890. p. 6. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Wine Industry". The Daily Telegraph. No. 13, 842. New South Wales, Australia. 21 September 1923. p. 4. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Advertising". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. 1, no. 158. New South Wales, Australia. 18 August 1931. p. 6. Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "WINE Young talent given chance of lifetime". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  7. ^ Moore, Tony (2012). "Rebel Sell". Dancing with empty pockets: Australia's bohemians since 1860. Millers Point: Pier 9. p. 237. ISBN 9781741961447.
  8. ^ "Daniel: Our guide to wines worthy of giving–in every price range". 12 December 2007. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011.
  9. ^ Frank J. Prial, (24 February 1993) Wine Talk, New York Times