Wynns Coonawarra Estate was founded in 1891 when a Scottish farmer named John Riddoch planted vineyards on his property in South Australia. Riddoch made wine and raised sheep, but with his death in the first years of the 20th century wine production on the estate ended. But in 1951 two Melbourne wine merchants named Samuel and David Wynn purchased the original vineyards and winery and started producing wine. Today the estate offers a large range of red and white wines. James Halliday, the dean of Australian wine writing, has noted that “large scale production has not prevented Wynns…from producing excellent wines covering the full price spectrum. Wynns offers extraordinary value for the money.”