The Wine Journey

It starts with a conversation in a wine bar with a wine maker.

The next thing you know I’ve quit my job, started working in vineyards and enrolled in a wine making degree, mid-way through a divorce with 3 young kids. Most people called me crazy, perhaps I was.

Skip forward a few years and I’m nearly finished a Viticulture Degree, Vineyard manager, kicking goals with my own wine label, thanking myself, friends and family for helping me be “fearless in the unknown”.

Many achievements along the way:

• Top 50 Young Gun of Wine Finalist 2023, 2024

• Australian Womens Small Business Championship Finalist 2024

• RAS scholarship to attend the Advanced Wine Assessment Course, since achieving Associate judging and judging positions getting to learn from some of the best wine judges and winemakers in the country.

• DPI scholarship to attend the first Advanced Viticulture course

• NSW Wine Industry Ambassador

• On the board for Canberra Viticulture Society and Canberra Wine Show

• Vintages with amazing wineries such as Clonakilla, Ravensworth, Collector Wines, Castle Rock Estate, Crowe Wines, Linear Wines and Jeir Creek Wines.

  May you all be fearless in your own journeys!

Chrissie Smith
Wine Maker / Owner / Chief Taster