Adam Wadewitz
Bests

As Adam Wadewitz will tell you, it ain't easy taking on any degree of responsibility for something as history steeped as Best's Wines in the Great Western corner of Victoria. But for Wadewitz, a young man in possession of much winemaking talent, it's an opportunity to add a gloss coat to the deep veneer of generations that have gone before him - stirring stuff! He's originally from McLaren Vale and has traveled making wine  through California, the Jura, the Hunter Valley and the Adelaide Hills. A bright star and, as you'll find out if you meet him during this year's festival, a very down to earth all-round good guy to boot.
Q&A

 
Is there a wine or a person that inspires you as a winemaker?
Jean-Francois Coche-Dury.

What is so-hot-right-now in wine? 
Ovarius decanters. A hand blown glass teapot looking number from the Jura in France. It has the oddest promo material. The product claims to be "revealing the mystical 4th dimension in wine..."

What got you into wine? 
Growing up in Willunga. South Australia agriculture was all around me from an early age. Vineyards and wineries are part of the culture.
 
What's your desert island wine?
2005 DRC Le Montrachet.
 
Why should you win the people's vote for the YGWA?
Because I have an Ovarius decanter.

(Complete this sentence) If there was no wine in the world...
there would be an obscene amount of Gin and Tonic consumed.

As a winemaker, where do you see yourself in 10 years time?
Still learning about the patch of dirt I am farming or working with and what makes it tick.

What's the one word that sums you up?
Living through another Great Western winter that word is ‘cold'.

 
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