{"id":225,"date":"2021-01-07T03:21:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T03:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patritti.com.au\/?page_id=225"},"modified":"2024-05-31T11:29:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T01:59:29","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patritti.com.au\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Patritti was founded in 1926 by Giovanni Patritti and is Adelaide\u2019s only remaining 100% family owned, fully operational urban winery.<\/p>\n

The historic winery is located on a suburban street, just 12km from Adelaide\u2019s city centre in Dover Gardens.  <\/span>Despite this unique location, Patritti is a genuine \u201cgrapes to glass\u201d operation.  <\/span>The winemakers and production team have total control over winemaking operations from vinification to packaging.<\/p>\n

With respect to our family values and authentic tradition of hard work, the Patritti team, work with integrity and strive for excellence to produce wines that deliver not only high quality but high value to our customers and trade partners.<\/p>\n

A Quality Tourism Accredited business \nwith over 50,000 visitors annually, we\u2019re one of South Australia\u2019s most \nexciting and fastest growing wine brands \u2013 and we\u2019re only just getting \nwarmed up!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

Our Family Story <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Giovanni Patritti was among the first Italian immigrants to arrive in South Australia.\u00a0 In 1925, a 25 year old Giovanni boarded a ship at the port of Genoa and left his Piedmontese village of Carru for a brighter future.\u00a0 He believed he was on his way to America to meet his sister.\u00a0 Instead he landed at Port Adelaide, South Australia, on the 28th of April, 1925.<\/p>

With not a word of English, Giovanni still managed to swiftly gain employment.\u00a0 He changed his Italian name to the more ‘Australian’ John, and after a number of different jobs, began selling ice-cream at the gates of the Botanic Gardens in Adelaide.<\/p>

Just one year later, Giovanni was leasing vineyards in the Brighton District, 15km south of Adelaide City (now the City of Marion), and making wine for the ‘new Australians’.<\/p>

By the late 1920s Giovanni owned a number of acres of vineyard and had built a winery with his best friend, Cristiano (Jimmy) Bissacca.\u00a0 From the late 1920s until the 1960s, Patritti predominantly produced dry red table wines and fortified wines.<\/p>

Out of a need to diversify and continue business growth in the early 1970s, the Patritti family came up with an ingenious and resourceful solution – one that has remained a unique point of difference for more than 40 years. 1974 saw the first release of 100% natural non-alcoholic sparkling grape juices from wine grapes.\u00a0 Some years later apple juice was introduced.<\/p>

Since the late 2000s, Patritti has shifted their focus towards premium wines and adopted ‘new’ and rare grape varieties, adding depth and diversity to an already extensive range.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

Vineyards<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

In the late 1950\u2019s, the city of Adelaide was growing, and the original family vineyards that surrounded the current winery site were lost to the urban sprawl.\u00a0 This led Patritti to source new land for their vines and in the early 1960\u2019s, two premium properties were purchased in the McLaren Vale region.<\/p>

Blewitt Springs (McLaren Vale)<\/strong><\/p>

The Blewitt Springs vineyard is planted with 11 hectares of predominantly old vine Shiraz as well as Cabernet Sauvignon and Mataro. This highly regarded region of McLaren Vale is characterised by increased elevation and the free draining ancient, 56 million year old soil known as the North Maslin Sands.<\/p>

Tatachilla (McLaren Vale)<\/strong><\/p>

The Tatachilla vineyard is planted with 15.5 hectares of old vine Grenache, as well as Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon. This vineyard has ocean views and benefits from climate regulating sea breezes on Sandstone soils.<\/p>

Urban Vineyards<\/strong><\/p>

Since 2006, the Patritti family have been custodians of the historic Marion Vineyard, planted in 1907 and comprising approximately 1 hectare of Grenache and 0.4 hectares of Shiraz. It is believed to be the oldest commercially operating urban vineyard in the world.<\/p>

As part of a long-term arrangement with the City of Marion, Patritti also commercially operate two other smaller but historically significant vineyards in the suburbs at Oaklands Estate Reserve and Warriparinga Wetlands.\u00a0 These vineyards comprise old vine plantings of Muscat, Palomino and Pedro Ximenez.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t