Sierra Reed, winemaker

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Such simple words: Sierra Reed, winemaker. And yet, so meaningful. Sierra Reed now makes beautiful wines but every inch of her journey has been a battle. Sierra’s story – published here – is one of the more inspirational stories in Australian wine today.
I visited her twice. Once, to get the story. The second time, to get the images. It’s rare that I get the chance to do both the words and the images for a story but that of course is the dream.

Photography: Filmic Media

Sierra Reed in her vineyard at Torquay near Geelong.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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