Winemaker Duval Moves Back to Basics

John Duval was head winemaker at Penfolds before going solo and making wines on three continents. I grew up Morphett Vale, south of Adelaide, where we had a world-famous Suffolk sheep stud. It was mixed farming, and we coincidentally grew grapes. My father and grandfather, and generations before that, were vignerons, and Penfolds liked our Shiraz so much they took cuttings to replant some of Dr Penfold’s original vineyards at McGill.