Bulman Wines
Bulman Wines
Eden Valley & McLaren Vale, South Australia. A founding Mattinson 10-Star Winery – one of the first 50, finalised July 2026.
The first winemaker to win Australia's Jimmy Watson Trophy with a varietal grenache – and, four wines into his own label, already at elite quality.
The case.
When the history of modern Australian wine is written, the name Mark Bulman will feature. It will because he was the first winemaker to win Australia's most prestigious wine prize – the Jimmy Watson Trophy – with a varietal grenache, and it also will because he has followed that milestone, under his own name, with releases of the highest of high standard.
Mark Bulman is an Australian winemaker of significance. His own-label wines are drawn from two vineyards – the historic Stonegarten vineyard in the Eden Valley, and Gary's Vineyard in McLaren Vale – and both sites, in his hands, have delivered grenaches that rewrite what's possible for their regions. The Eden Valley wine in particular shines light into places that had previously only known shade.
The Mattinson 10-Star list is about the here and now – it is not a legacy list. We’re only (now) six wines into the launch of the Bulman brand, this producer has arrived fully formed, and its quality is elite.
The wines that carry the case.
2024 Bulman Gary’s Vineyard Grenache
The purity of this wine feels more like honesty. It skips over the essences and drives straight for the essential. It’s the face of character, served clean, lined deep.
2025 Bulman Glen’s Vineyard Grenache
I’m a sucker for a great grenache and this is a great grenache.
2025 Bulman Gary’s Vineyard Grenache
This wine is insanely good. Not only is it transfixing, but there’s a logic and an explain to the transfix. It’s a web-like wine with such genuine translucence that drinking it is like looking at a bare mid-riff uninterrupted.
The verdict.
Six wines in. Already essential.
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Entry lightly edited July 2026.
Bulman is a Mattinson 10-Star Winery – the highest honour awarded by Australian wine critic Campbell Mattinson. 10-Star status recognises one thing: the quality of the wine in the glass, every glass, across the range. The full list of 10-Star Wineries constitutes Australia's Best Wineries.
