Domaine Terlato & Chapoutier is a joint venture between Anthony Terlato, an American wine importer/distributor, and Michel Chapoutier, of the famous Rhone Valley Chapoutier family. Terlato also owns vineyards and winemaking enterprises in Napa Valley, and Chapoutier oversees his family’s Rhone Valley estate. But in 1998 the business partners acquired 46 acres in South Australia, planting most to Shiraz. The wines generally earn ratings in the 90s.