Organic Hill was a creation that was born from all facets of founder Leon Hill's experience gained in over twenty years in the Wine Industry. The creation of Organic Hill was a personal & health conscious movement by Leon.
His Organic wine journey began personally back in 2009 when he realised that he was Gluten intolerant (not Coeliac) and needed to find Gluten free products. This lead to discovering the myriad of Organic shops located in and around Melbourne, many of which also sold Organic wine. After lots of trial and error searching for a solution to his intolerances, it became obvious that it was also Preservatives that he was allergic to, therefore Organic simply made sense.
When he started ten years ago there was a very limited source of anything Organic, Gluten Free, Preservative free or Vegan. The range of Organic wines was very limited and the quality was lacking. The Organic industry was misunderstood and perceived as a ‘hippy lifestyle’, when what it was really about was creating a healthier lifestyle through the creation of products that contain no herbicides, pesticides or toxic sprays.
Having family and friends with over 100 years of wine industry experience, and a 6th generation Great Grandfather “John Hill” who was the Bosun and founded South Australia having lifted the 1st flag back on Proclamation day on December 28 in 1836 with Governor Hindmarsh and Colonel Light, which then led to Hill & Co (South Australia’s first wine haulage originally business based in Kapunda in the Barossa Valley and Willunga right near McLaren Vale), then Cobb & Co, then along comes Clem Hill (Australian Cricket Captain) and then finally 50+ years later along comes Organic Hill off the back of a dream and a personal health requirement.
Grown ‘from the ground up’ Organic Hill focuses over 100 plus years of family history and over 20 years’ Leon Hill's personal experience in the wine industry on growing and making a premium level of 100% Organic and Preservative Free wines for Australian wine lovers.
His Organic wine journey began personally back in 2009 when he realised that he was Gluten intolerant (not Coeliac) and needed to find Gluten free products. This lead to discovering the myriad of Organic shops located in and around Melbourne, many of which also sold Organic wine. After lots of trial and error searching for a solution to his intolerances, it became obvious that it was also Preservatives that he was allergic to, therefore Organic simply made sense.
When he started ten years ago there was a very limited source of anything Organic, Gluten Free, Preservative free or Vegan. The range of Organic wines was very limited and the quality was lacking. The Organic industry was misunderstood and perceived as a ‘hippy lifestyle’, when what it was really about was creating a healthier lifestyle through the creation of products that contain no herbicides, pesticides or toxic sprays.
Having family and friends with over 100 years of wine industry experience, and a 6th generation Great Grandfather “John Hill” who was the Bosun and founded South Australia having lifted the 1st flag back on Proclamation day on December 28 in 1836 with Governor Hindmarsh and Colonel Light, which then led to Hill & Co (South Australia’s first wine haulage originally business based in Kapunda in the Barossa Valley and Willunga right near McLaren Vale), then Cobb & Co, then along comes Clem Hill (Australian Cricket Captain) and then finally 50+ years later along comes Organic Hill off the back of a dream and a personal health requirement.
Grown ‘from the ground up’ Organic Hill focuses over 100 plus years of family history and over 20 years’ Leon Hill's personal experience in the wine industry on growing and making a premium level of 100% Organic and Preservative Free wines for Australian wine lovers.
