ABOUT THE HARKHAM FAMILY

We are a small family owned and operated winery in the Hunter Valley crushing 20-25 tonnes of fruit per year. Since our first vintage in 2005, Harkham has focussed on making wines that are honest to their origins and whose personalities roam free.

Wine to us is a living thing, a snapshot of a particular vineyard which has produced fruit in a particular year from the nutrients in the soil, from the sun, the rain, the entire living environment in which those grapes were grown. Not a manufactured product, but a product of nature, a thing of beauty with a unique personality that should be embraced and never censored.

Our vineyards are farmed sustainably, fruit handpicked ensuring the highest quality, and our work in the winery is undertaken with no chemical additions, flavour adjustments, filtration or fining. Through minimal intervention in the winemaking process, we are able to present the amazing terroir driven flavours that the Hunter Valley is renowned for.

HISTORY

In 1951 the Harkham family were amongst the first pioneers of Israel’s renowned wine region, Zichron Yackov, where they lived for 16 years. Aziza Harkham (pictured), matriarch of the Harkham family, with no electricity and scarce running water used to make natural food and wine for the family from fresh produce and grapes that she had grown. In 2005 Terry, Efrem and Richard Harkham decided to buy a property with a winery in the Hunter Valley in honour of Aziza and in a move to get back to their roots. Aziza also has her own range of Harkham wines which act as the cornerstone and ground of everything we do and that is to come at Harkham.

GIVING BACK

Winemaker Richie Harkham is also the man behind Hark Angel Foundation, a charity set up to help the lives of children around the world who battle every day to secure their basic human rights to education, security and adequate food and water. This is achieved through a number of initiatives and its mission is to work with impoverished communities to build schools, empowering the community to support children in obtaining an education in order to fulfill their potential.

Our Hark Angel Shiraz also contributes by having a portion of its annual proceeds dedicated to funding the projects, making every lover of this wine an angel in their own right. We would also like to give thanks to you!

For more information or to donate, please visit harkangel.org