In 1936, Italian immigrant Giovanni Amadio commercially registered his dry table wine after years of making wine for family and friends. Giovanni sourced his grapes from a nearby leased vineyard and made his fruity, well-crafted wine from his own cellar. His modern, Italian-style wine proved to be a welcome newcomer to a local market that consisted of sweet, high alcohol fortified wines such as sherry and port.

Word of this lighter and drier style of wine rapidly spread interstate, resulting in orders from businesses in Melbourne’s fashionable Lygon Street. As a keen operafan, Giovanni was delighted that his wine became a favourite with singers from the touring Italian Opera Company. Giovanni’s wine was successfully produced for many years, and his family cultivated a sincere appreciation for premium winemaking.

In 1985, Giovanni’s son Gaetano – with help from his family – invested time and money into planting his first vineyard in the pristine Adelaide Hills region. This was a bold venture, given that it was uncharted vineyard territory at the time. Gaetano’s instinct and vision for the region, combined with his well-informed subsequent
plantings and years of diligent work, lead to his premium range of wines gracing the tables of households and top restaurants throughout Australia and overseas

Gaetano proudly passed on his family’s  winemaking tradition to his son Danniel, who created the Amadio range of wines. Danniel sources much of his premium fruit from his family’s vineyard in Kersbrook, and maintains a limited case of every wine range to ensure hands-on production standards.

The Amadio range embraces the best fruit flavours and terra rossa characteristics of each regional varietal, producing wines of great depth and natural character. The impressive list of national and international trophies and gold medals awarded to Amadio Wines is a testament to its consistent standard of premium-quality wines, which are founded on an integral legacy of family winemaking.

In 2017, Amadio Wines proudly opened a new cellar door on Kangaroo Island. Equipped with a licensed alfresco area and housed in a heritage building, the new cellar door is located at 1 Commercial Street, Kingscote. The new establishment also has a restaurant, perfect for pairing one of Amadio Wines’ renowned beverages with some delicious food.