Buller Wines
Rutherglen , Victoria
Winery Overview
Buller Wines was established in Rutherglen in North-East Victoria in 1921 by Reginald Langdon Buller. From humble beginnings some 100 years ago, Buller Wines has grown to be a leading Victorian winery, spanning premium wine regions including Rutherglen, King Valley, Swan Hill and Heathcote. Our founding fathers’ vision was to create a world-class winery that expresses the unique terroir of the region, a legacy we continue to build upon today. Our historic dry-grown 22-hectare Buller Wines Estate Vineyard was first planted by Reginald in the early 1920’s. Today, over half of those original plantings are still producing intensely concentrated low yielding fruit that is the hallmark of the Buller Wines portfolio. Our spiritual home, Rutherglen, is internationally recognised as one of the pre-eminent fortified wine producing regions of the world and Buller Wines leads the way with extraordinary, fortified wines in the Muscat, Topaque and Tawny ranges. Whilst carrying an enviable reputation for fortified wines, innovation has seen Buller Wines craft an award-winning array of red, white and sparkling wines sourced from premium vineyard regions across North-East Victoria.
Winemaker Bio
Growing up in the Rutherglen region surrounded by vineyards and wineries, Chief Winemaker Dave Whyte had an interest in viticulture and winemaking from a young age. His High School offered a viticulture and winemaking course and from that moment he was destined for a long career hand-crafting wines of distinction. After completing a Bachelor of Applied Science in Oenology at Charles Sturt University in 2001, Dave joined Rutherglen winery Cofield Wines in 2002 until 2010. Further stints at De Bortoli and Andrew Peace followed before Dave joined the Buller Wines team in 2012. Assuming the role of Senior Winemaker in 2013, and then Chief Winemaker in 2018 Dave also became a part-owner of Buller Wines that same year. Not content with his role as Chief Winemaker Dave took on the position of Head Distiller for the business’s Three Chain Road Gin portfolio in 2020.
