Hickinbotham family seeks more than $10m for vineyard

By Maurice Dunlevy  2010-10-28 9:17:57
 

A SECOND internationally known South Australian vineyard and winery has been put on the market with an asking price of more than $10 million.

The 184ha Clarendon Vineyard and Winery once owned by deceased Adelaide building tycoon Alan Hickinbotham and named by influential international wine critic Robert Parker as one of the world's great wine estates, has produced fruit for wines that include Penfolds Grange Hermitage and Hardy's Eileen Hardy.

Mr Hickinbotham, who died this year, established the Mclaren Vale winery in the 1970s.

Earlier this month, his family put the historic Paringa vineyard in South Australia's Riverland region on the sale blocks, seeking about $8m for it.

Alan Hickinbotham founded Hickinbotham Homes with his father, Alan Robb Hickinbotham, in the 1950s.

They expanded the company into one of Australia's largest house builders, constructing more than 30,000 houses.

Allan Robb Hickinbotham was a co-founder of Australia's first wine science diploma course at South Australia's acclaimed Roseworthy Agricultural College.

The Clarendon property includes a 740sq m 1990s-built French chateau-style house designed by architect Rob Cheesman, and an underground home designed in the early 80s by German architect Gerhard Schurer.

Brock Harcourts selling agent Mark Forde said the property was being offered as a whole, but because it comprised five titles the family might consider selling them separately.

Expressions of interest close on December 7.


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