Our Story
The Hirsch family believe that there are no shortcuts in life.
The Story Of
Hirsch Hill Estate
Yarra Valley , Victoria
Since 1998, Brothers Jack and Eddie Hirsch have produced high quality, boutique wines in the Yarra Valley.
We have always been eager to embrace, adapt and explore new innovative practices to ensure our wine consistently improves.
OUR HISTORY
We are an Award Winning family-run vineyard
Hirsch Hill has now moved onto the second generation in the family, as we now continually aim to strive towards developing the best wine possible, relentlessly aspiring to improve and expand the Hirsch Hill Brand.
1990
Brothers Jack and Eddie Hirsch purchased the property in the pursuit to follow their passion, to breed and race Thoroughbreds.
1998
Realizing the land had all the terrific attributes for growing wine grapes, Jack and Eddie planted their first ever grapevines. This process was spearheaded by Jack, someone who never did anything in halves.
2001
After years of trial and error working on the vines and soil, Jack bottled our first ever vintage.
2004
Jack and his daughter Rosie began to sell wine commercially to restaurants and bottle shops throughout the Yarra Valley and in Melbourne’s inner suburbs.
2012
We began to move all of our wine making to one of Australia’s best winemakers, Rob Dolan. Rob’s expertise has helped Hirsch Hill to create some of our best wines to date.
2021
Over its rich history, the expansion of Hirsch Hill has matured itself in a highly regarded and reputable vineyard in the Yarra Valley.
We still remain 100% Family-Run as the second generation of our Family operate and manage Hirsch Hill.
