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The last time I saw my brother cry was in 1989 when he was in hospital for a leg operation. He was 9 years old. ⁣
The next time was today.⁣
He’s lost everything. His house, his business, his beautiful adored grapevines, his pride and joy. Years and years of toil on a business that he built from scratch and now it’s all gone.

@vinteloper was his life’s work and as anyone who runs a business knows, it’s hard enough. ⁣
If you’re looking for some way to help, please, #buyfromthebush and get some wine direct from his website. I’ll put the link in my bio. The cashflow is much needed if he’s ever going to be able to rebuild. And if he can’t, you might just have one of the last bottles of wine that he made.⁣
I’m heartbroken for you Dave
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paulf wrote:I've met David a few times over the years and he is a good bloke (as well as being very tall and one of Australia's fittest winemakers).
I loved the way he built up his business, and he was producing some really nice wines. I've just ordered up. Maybe a certain basketballing friend of David's might like to become an investor.

Was the Cellar door at Lot 100 spared? There are a number of other businesses involved at the site there.

Not a good week for winemakers named David, with David Lloyd at Eldridge from Eldridge estate on the Mornington Peninsula being diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma

By now you may have seen the scale of the Adelaide Hills Bushfire disaster.
As I write this, at least 30% of the Adelaide Hills Wine Region has been affected. The size of the burn area is huge. For scale, it's almost the size of the Adelaide metro area.

For us, it was 100% of the vineyard. No recovery. Bulldoze and re-plant.
Not to be dramatic, but it's still on fire. For the last week, we have been putting out flare-ups and hot spots to protect our neighbours.

We've also been taking stock of the damage.

In all the gloom; a bright spot. The winery was saved. The same wind change that destroyed our vineyard saved the winery (which is minutes down the road).
I don't want to understate the gravity of your support. This has been the toughest time in our history. And you, with your order, are now considered a life-long kinfolk. You are - in the most real way - part of saving us from the darkness.

So this note is to say; thank you.

And also, please be patient with deliveries. We are quite literally still putting out fires, so once the smoke clears and the dust settles, we will process your order.

With the circumstances we are facing, we're expecting to roll out deliveries in mid-Jan.

If you need your wine before then, please let us know and we will do our level best to sort something out for you.

David Bowley
Owner and Founder
VINTELOPER.

The ringleaders of grown up fun | ADELAIDE HILLS | est. 2008

On Saturday 21st December 2019 we thought Vinteloper was done. Bushfire tore through 95% of our vineyard, and the farm house.

Then you spoke. Through messages, calls, and by buying our wine.

The equation for us is simple. We can now rebuild.

Thank you.

A lot of our everyday wines are sold out, but there are a few rare bottles of the collectable and timeless ODEON range remaining.

Thanks to your support;

WE ARE [STILL] THE RINGLEADERS OF GROWN UP FUN.

FUN ON THE OUTSIDE + SERIOUS IN THE BOTTLE

Wizz wrote:Partially on topic - by the time i got to checking what was available on the Vinteloper website everything other than the superduper premium wines were sold out - fantastic outcome!
Another area that has been affected is Kangaroo Island. I rate Islander Estate, who have lost a chunk of the Bark Hut Road vineyard. So ordered wine from them to help out in exactly the same way,