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Hardys sources fruit from the premium grape growing regions of Australia to craft wines of character and diversity. Over 150 years of heritage is marked by six generations of inspiring characters, stories and world class innovation. Hardys' reputation for uncompromising quality has led to 2700 medals being awarded over the past decade and its wines being enjoyed around the world.
At 20 years of age, Thomas Hardy arrived in South Australia after sailing from the English county of Devon in 1850. Thomas Hardy then spent the next three years working at Reynella Farm, mining for gold in the Victorian goldfields, and driving cattle. Hardy used the money he had earned to purchase a property on the banks of the River Torrens, which he named 'Bankside'.
Vines were planted on the Bankside property and as soon as they were able to bear fruit, wine making commenced. The vineyard became so successful, with its wines sold both locally and in England, that Hardy was able to purchase the Tintara Vineyard Company in 1876.
Thomas Hardy steadily expanded the company over the years, purchasing a bottling plant at Mile End, champagne cellars on Currie Street in Adelaide, a disused flour mill in McLaren Vale, and established extensive vineyards in the Padthaway area in 1968. In 1976, Thomas Hardy & Sons made its first corporate acquisition by purchasing the London-based Emu Wine Company, which included Houghton, Western Australia's largest winery.