Paringa Estate’s Lindsay McCall named Legend of the Vine

Written By Campbell Mattinson

PRESS RELEASE: Lindsay McCall was named the 2024 Wine Communicators of Australia Victorian ‘Legend of the Vine’ at the Melbourne Royal Wine Show Awards Lunch last Friday.

The award recognises Lindsay’s outstanding and lasting contribution to the Mornington Peninsula and the wider Victorian wine industry.

Born the son of a farmer, Lindsay’s passion for the land led him to establish Paringa Estate, now one of Victoria’s premier wineries. His hands-on approach, from meticulous winemaking to optimising yields through innovative vineyard practices, reflects his uncompromising focus on quality—a dedication that has set the benchmark across the region.

Beyond his own vineyard, Lindsay has also played a significant role in elevating the broader wine industry. For over 25 years, he has been an active member of the Mornington Peninsula Vignerons Association and a long-serving contributor to its committee, including a term as president and Chair of the Pinot Noir Celebration Australia.

Campbell Mattinson

This post was written by Campbell Mattinson. Mattinson is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of The Winefront business. He is the author of five books on wine – four of which were bestsellers (The Wine Hunter, the Big Red Wine Book 2008, the Big Red Wine Book 2009, and the Big Red Wine Book 2010).

Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the national Best Australian Sports Writing Award. In 2026 three of his photographs were short-listed for the World Food Photography Awards.

Campbell Mattinson, who is 100% independent, has tasted between 5000 and 10,000 wines each and every year for the past 25 years. He tastes blind, in comparative brackets, as often as is practicable.

Campbell Mattinson is a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker and a wine critic. In all of these mediums his prime motive is to tell people's stories.

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