In 1954, David's parents, Attilio and Rosa Freschi, immigrated to Australia from the Veneto region of Italy.

Their aim to have good wine on the table each meal time led them to plant a 2.5 hectare vineyard in 1972 of predominantly cabernet sauvignon, shiraz and malbec.

The family tradition, common in Italy, was to grow and make a small amount of wine for family and friends. Attilio, who was not only fastidious about the way he grew and made his wine, had a natural affinity with the land. The results were wines with extraordinary depth and character (usually a blend of the three varieties mentioned above).

Many trophies and medals at home winemaking competitions followed, and family and friends became increasingly thirsty! He was protective of his wine, and rightly so, preferring to share a bottle with visitors rather than give it away. For it was his soul that was a part of each and every one.

Attilio's death in 1997 prompted David to continue on the custodianship and to pursue a lifelong ambition of creating a collection of Australia's, and the world's, finest single vineyard wines. It is this vineyard that made it possible.