Luke Jolliffe

Luke Jolliffe grew up in the Clare Valley wine region and completed his Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Viticulture major) at Adelaide University. After graduating in 1999, Luke joined Hardy’s Tintara operation in McLaren Vale as Viticultural Technical Officer, where he stayed until 2003. Whilst working at Tintara he also completed his Post Graduate Degree in Oenology.

Luke has undertaken harvest in the Rhône Valley in 2005 at Raymond Troillas, based in St Joseph his where his focus turned to winemaking. In, 2007 an opportunity arose with Stella Bella to work as a vintage assistant which he embraced, quickly being promoted to Assistant Winemaker in June 2008, Winemaker in November 2009 and finally Chief Winemaker in July 2013.

Luke  was named as a finalist in the 2020 Gourmet Traveller Wine Winemaker of the Year awards and has long been a champion of southern Margaret River wines and with the wealth of trophies that have followed him has shown that wines from the southern climes of Margaret River have a "finesse and class to equal the best in the region."

As Huon Hooke noted, “Luke’s Luminosa and Suckfizzle wines are at the pointy end of Margaret River’s quality tree. He’s an exciting winemaker who has a great deal more to show us.”