Sigurd Wines

Dan launched Sigurd Wines in South Australia in 2012, and his partner Marta joined the business in 2020. The name honours his great-grandfather, Sigurd Thorwaldsen Gran, who moved from Norway to the Riverland after serving in the First World War. Sigurd’s daughter Joan grew grapes and stone fruit, while her son Ralph, Dan’s father, became a winemaker.

Before returning to the Barossa, Dan studied winemaking and viticulture and worked vintages in Central Otago, Canada, Portugal, the Rhône and Barolo. His approach includes earlier picking, some whole-bunch fermentation and native yeasts, with a small addition of sulphur at bottling.