Mulline

This is the venture of Ben Mullen and business partner Ben Hine, the derivation of the winery name self-evident. Ben Mullen grew up in the Barossa Valley and studied oenology at the University of Adelaide, graduating in '12. His journey thereafter was in the purple, working at Yarra Yering, Oakridge, Torbreck and Leeuwin Estate, Domaine Dujac in Burgundy in ’13 (lighting a fire for pinot noir and chardonnay), Craggy Range in NZ (’15), coming back to Geelong as winemaker for Clyde Park in ’17–18. Ben Hine is also from SA, working in hospitality for many years before obtaining his law degree. There is a range of single-vineyard wines at the top, backed by the Geelong region range (and no wines from elsewhere). -JAMES HALLIDAY