Bec Hardy Wines | Pertaringa
McLaren Vale , South Australia
Brands
Bec Hardy Wines, Pertaringa
Winery Overview
Established in 2015, Bec Hardy Wines is a family-owned wine business based in McLaren Vale, South Australia. Bec is a 6th generation member of and the first female vigneron from one of Australia’s oldest wine families, the Hardys.
The Hardy name has been synonymous with South Australian wine since the 1850s and Bec Hardy continues that tradition, building on the experience and reputation of her predecessors.
Bec’s family has been tending vineyards in the premium maritime region of McLaren Vale since the her great-great-great grandfather, Thomas Hardy, arrived from the UK in 1850. Thomas was the region’s first settler and is widely regarded as the father of the South Australian wine industry.
In 1980, Bec’s father Geoff left the then family-owned Hardys to make his own way in the Australian wine world. The same year, he purchased the Pertaringa vineyard in the foothills of McLaren Vale. Inspired by her father’s passion for cultivating premium fruit and producing fine wines, Bec also went on to study and work in the wine industry in both Australia and overseas.
A 6th generation Hardy, Bec joined her father’s company in 2010 and helped it grown into one of Australia’s leading family-owned wine companies.
In 2020, Bec took over the ownership and running of the Pertaringa brand together with her husband and company Managing Director Richard Dolan. Bec and Richard live at their Tipsy Hill vineyard in McLaren Vale with their daughter Matilda and wine dog, Churchill.
Available in
Canada, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Seeking Distribution in
Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macao, Malta, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA
Chief Winemaker/s
Bec Hardy (Viticulturist)
Bec Swincer, (Winemaker)
Winemaker Bio
Bec Hardy is a 6th generation member of the Hardy family with degrees in Viticultural Science and Business. After working in the UK and Australian wine markets, she has gained extensive national and international experience in wine production, marketing and exporting.
In 2010, Bec returned to the family business from Sydney to manage Wines by Geoff Hardy’s portfolio of wine brands across the company’s domestic and international markets. After establishing Bec Hardy Wines in 2015 and acquiring the Pertaringa wine brand from her father’s business in 2020, she is now making her own way in the Australian wine world as the Hardy’s family’s first female vineyard owner and producer.
Bec Swincer returned to Australia in 2020 after living and working as a winemaker in Napa Valley, California for two years. Before that she was a winemaker at Petaluma in the Adelaide Hills, making some of the country’s most renowned wines. Bec has more than two decades of winemaking experience across many of Australia’s finest winemaking regions, having worked in for leading wineries in Clare Valley, Barossa Valley and the Adelaide Hills, as well as the US and France. Bec studied Oenology at Adelaide University and the University of California, Davis, and brings a wealth of winemaking experience to the Bec Hardy Wines team.
