Fowles Wine: the winery formerly known as Plunkett Fowles

From 1 February Plunkett Fowles winery will be known as Fowles Wine to reflect the future direction of the winery.

Late last year, the Fowles Family purchased the remaining interest in the winery from Alan Plunkett. In the circumstances, Sam Plunkett has decided to pursue his Master of Wine.

These key developments are a significant milestone, marking what the Fowles Family feel is an exciting opportunity to evolve the winery’s name from Plunkett Fowles to Fowles Wine.

Fowles Wine will continue to be led by Matt Fowles, with Victor Nash stepping up to lead the Fowles Wine winemaking team as Chief Winemaker.

Matt Fowles said: “We have an incredible team here at Fowles Wine and a real winemaking talent in Victor Nash. Victor has worked alongside Sam Plunkett crafting our award winning wine for over ten years and has had full operational responsibility for the winery since 2007.”

Matt Fowles said: “There will be no changes to any of our wine or wine brands. We continue to be wholly focused on pouring the best of the Strathbogie Ranges into the glasses of our loyal followers.  We only intend to make a small cosmetic change on our logo to reflect the winery’s ownership change.

As a family we’re excited about the next phase and, in particular, continuing to take the best of the ‘Bogies to the world.”

For further comment or more information please contact Matt Fowles:
0413 605 447 or
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Further information:

Plunkett Fowles winery name changes to Fowles Wine on 1 February 2012.

The name change to Fowles Wine will be reflected across all of the winery’s operations, with some taking immediate effect and others rolling out more gradually.

Fowles Wine vineyards and winery are located in the dramatic granite landscape of Strathbogie Ranges region of Victoria, Australia. Fowles Wine crafts some of Australia’s finest cool climate wines, winning many of Australia’s most prestigious wine medals and trophies.
The Fowles Wine team is energetic and enterprising, continuing to break new ground by proudly taking the Strathbogie Ranges ‘message in a bottle’ to the world with some of Australia’s most exciting wine brands and innovations.