The Pawn
Adelaide Hills , South Australia
Winery Overview
The Pawn Wine Co. is not driven by regal ambition, but a strong resolve to rescue unique grape varieties from becoming lost as blending tools in the corporate wine game.
The Pawn’s passionate moves have rebelled against the trend, realising the potential alternative wine styles and allowing them to shine within the wine industry.
By staying small and hands-on, winemakers Tom Keelan and Rebecca Willson continue their crusade to create uniquely handcrafted, artisinal wines from the cool climate of the Adelaide Hills and Langhorne Creek. Tom and Rebecca have set out to identify other idyllic viticultural sites and hand selected parcels of fruit within the Adelaide Hills and Langhorne Creek to produce wines that are not only a bit unconventional, but enjoyable to drink, incredibly food friendly, and made in a style that reflects their true origins – the ultimate in hand crafted Artisinal wine.
Seeking Distribution in
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, UK
Chief Winemaker/s
Tom Keelan - Winemaker and Viticulturalist
Winemaker Bio
The Pawn Wine Co. had its beginning in 2002 out of necessity when vignerons and winemakers Tom Keelan and his wife Rebecca Willson had a small parcel of fruit deemed ‘not good enough’ by a particular nameless, soulless wine monolith. They had now become mere Pawns in the global wine game, doomed to be played and moved around, and ultimately sacrificed.
They continue their crusade against the corporate wine world, by staying artisinal, and allowing the fruit to shine with minimalist winemaking techniques, environmental sustainable practices and old world grape varieties that have found their new home in Australia.
