Dr Edge

After working as a winemaker for Petaluma, Peter Dredge moved to Tasmania in '10, spending 5 years within the Accolade group as chief winemaker at Bay of Fires. In ’15 he sourced a small amount of pinot noir from Joe Holyman of Stoney Rise and Gerald Ellis of Meadowbank (see separate entry) to start his own label. He made the wine at Moorilla Estate (see separate entry) as a contract client with sole control of the winemaking process. In ’15, during vintage, the Ellis family, owners of Meadowbank, approached Pete to form a partnership to relaunch Meadowbank. As part of the deal, Meadowbank has given Pete a sole lease arrangement to 1.5ha, planted evenly between pinot noir, chardonnay and riesling. -JAMES HALLIDAY