Winemaking + Rock Climbing
Crazy combination, huh? It may seem a leap to compare climbing to winemaking, but these two pursuits—both so close towinemaker, Adam’s heart—actually require a very similar approach. Chockstone wines represent the marriage of these two adventures.
The home of Chockstone wines is located just outside the 168,000-hectare Grampians National Park, which comprises four distinct ranges of tilted sandstone that rise to more than 1,000 metres, providing thousands of dramatic climbing routes on its cliffs, bluffs, and pinnacles.
Climbing is an exciting, adrenaline-charged activity that requires you to be at one with your environment and willing to take sensible risks. Likewise, in winemaking, you need to be in harmony with your vineyard but also prepared to push your boundaries to achieve that ultimate wine style.
There is almost no greater sense of achievement and exhilaration than when you scale what at first seemed to be an impossibly vertical cliff, except maybe for producing a wine that, after years of effort, displays all the characters and potential that you only dreamt of.
We measure our lives by the experiences we have—climbing a mountain with a trusted partner, or sharing a delicious bottle of wine with good friends. A great adventure with a fine wine can change your life—let it change!
