A short History | The Grapes
It is from the sentiments contained in Don Quixote that the vineyard owned by Rod and Veronica Stott at Sulky near Ballarat draws it’s inspiration.

Rod had a dream to plant a vineyard as a hobby, even though he knew little about it and after much brainstorming for geographically appropriate and homogenous names, for their small property, Rod and Veronica chose Dulcinea because it encapsulated their “dream.”

Thus, the property was named and with Veronica’s encouragement and support from family and friends, vines were planted in 1983. Rod studied viticulture at Charles Sturt University and the fruit was sold off to winemakers with Rod & Veronica able to taste ‘the fruits of their labour’ from return bottles.  

The inevitable “Quixotic turn” took place in 1994 when Rod and Veronica decided to build a winery and take the product of Dulcïnea into the commercial world. Since then Dulcïnea has developed and grown into a boutique winery which provides good quality wines at reasonable prices into local, country, metropolitan, national and overseas markets

In summary, the back label on Dulcinea wine expresses the context of Rod and Veronica’s dream and the essence of Cervantes “Don Quixote“ , it says....
 
“In Cervantes’ story, Don Quixote dreamed dreams and tilted at windmills. He loved and believed in Aldonza and she became his DULCIEA – the sweet and beautiful one.
Here at DULCINEA in Sulky, we believe, that if we understand and nurture the habitat, this will become our DULCINEA and produce wine that is sweet and beautiful.”

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