Paul and Christine
Paul and Christine Blacket are proprietors of the Lenswood Vineyard at Croft Road in the Adelaide Hills and partners in the Eden Valley Vineyard at Springton. Additionally through their partnerships and affiliations with members of the Watervale Estates Viticultural Group they have extensive contacts to vineyards and wine-making in the Barossa and Clare Valleys.
The Lenswood Vineyard has been fortunate to have Paul Smith as its viticultural manager for over twenty years. Paul has been with the vineyard and performed most of its planting over the last twenty years. He and his assistant Damien Eustice prune the vineyard with additional seasonal assistance and manage the vintage when up to 50 pickers a day descend upon the vineyard to pick the fruit.
Contract Winemaker Tim Knappstein, one of Australia’s most respected and senior winemakers, is a contract winemaker for Blackets. Tim’s property adjoins the vineyard, which he knows intimately. Close attention is paid to winemaker requests for leaf-plucking and crop thinning (especially the pinot) to ensure that the quality remains high.
The Blacket Sons
Daniel and William Blacket form the sales and development
team for Blackets Wines. Their youngest brother Patrick,
currently undertakinga university degree in journalism, is
our media and promotions officer and manages the Blackets
website.
It is appropriate for a young company that its sales team
be driven by youth.