Turkey Flat Vineyards was started in 1990 by the Schultz family, but the history of the site goes back to the 19th century. The Schultz family was part of a wave of German immigrants who arrived in the Barossa Valley in the 1840s, naming their new home after the flocks of native bush turkeys that inhabited the valley. The Schultz family bought property in 1865, growing vineyards and running a butcher shop. In the mid-20th century the family stopped grape growing due to an unfavorable market for wine grapes. But in 1987 Christie Schultz and her husband acquired the property, restored the vineyards and a few years later began making wine. Today the company makes a full portfolio of Shiraz, Grenache and Mataro, as well as white wines. James Halliday, Australia’s most noted wine authority, has written that “if there is one word to describe the wine it is integrity…it has always been made with light hands in a classic medium-bodied style, growing old with grace.”