Producer Article

Grateful Palate Imports website: Owner/winemaker Ross Trimboli is the namesake of one of the most notorious gangsters in Australia. For some reason Ross says he always gets his phone calls returned very quickly! Unlike the other one, our Ross became one of the foremost potato farmers in the country but he grew obsessed with grapes and winemaking. Ross Trimboli of Hazyblur sources grapes for his Shiraz releases from various regions of South Australia, including McLaren Vale just south of Adelaide, the Adelaide Plains north of the city and Baroota in the South Flinders Ranges. The limited-release Invictus Shiraz, of which only 165 cases were produced in 2004, comes from the Barossa. He also owns a young vineyard on Kangaroo Island, an emerging growing area off the coast of Adelaide, where he raises Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon for his Kangaroo Island labels.