Winery Story

Chalmers

Chalmers is revolutionizing the Australian wine industry. Located in Merbein near Mildura, the Chalmers family has dedicated the past thirty years to importing, propagating, and planting Italian grape varieties that were once almost unknown in Australia, but which are now becoming increasingly essential to the country’s future.

Beyond Shiraz: The Rise of Italian Grapes in Australia

When Kim Chalmers talks about her family’s winery in northwestern Victoria, the story starts with farming, not wine. “Chalmers are a farming family first and foremost,” she said. “My grandparents were dryland farmers, then my parents, Bruce and Jenni, got into irrigated farming in the seventies when they started their own business. They planted their...