Paul Scorpo has a 27-year background as a horticulturist/landscape architect, and has worked in major projects ranging from private gardens to golf courses in Australia, Europe and Asia. His family has a love of food, wine and gardens, all of which led to them buying a derelict apple and cherry orchard on gentle rolling hills between Port Phillip and Westernport Bay. Part of a ridge system which climbs up to Red Hill, it offers north and northeast-facing slopes on red-brown, clay loam soils. James Halliday

Pale straw in colour with a chartreuse-tinted rim. Complex aromas of green apple and stone fruits meld fully with savoury nuttiness and a spicy note of fresh vanilla pod. The palate, showing pear and orange blossom flavours, is tightly focused yet retains the silky signature pinot gris richness. Scorpo Wines.