Mollydooker of McLaren Vale was created in 2005 by the husband-and-wife winemaking team of Sarah and Sparky Marquis, who are Australia’s first couple of winemaking. Before starting their own label the pair made award-winning wine for Australian producers including Fox Creek, Henry’s Drive, Shirvington, Marquis Philips and others. Since 2005 the Marquis team has focused entirely on making their own exuberant wines, which include a variety of Shiraz/Cab/Merlot blends, as well as adventuresome white wines, such as Verdelho. The 116-acre winery is in McLaren Vale and almost 50 percent of the vineyards are planted to Shiraz, with the rest made up of Cabernet, Merlot, Semillon and Chardonnay. The distinctive and often humorous names and labels of the wines belie the fact that the mostly modestly-priced Mollydookers are often highly rated. The term Mollydooker itself is slang for left-handed in Australia. Both Sarah and Sparky Marquis are left-handed, hence the name.