Our vineyard is just north of Tingha (near Armidale) on the spine of the Great Dividing Range in northern NSW. We are on the western edge of the New England Tablelands at an altitude of 900m above sea level. The vines have their roots deeply immersed in the beautiful, deep, red volcanic soils high above the valleys of the MacIntyre & Gwydir Rivers.

We think that the name “Topper’s Mountain” came from brothers E & W Topper who were employees of George Wyndham in the 1850s. At this time George owned “New Valley Station” which included the present day “Topper’s Mountain”. “Topper’s Mountain” is owned by Mark & Stephanie Kirkby & their daughters & Mark has developed the vineyard from its birth in 1999. The vineyard is a total of 10Ha of which 1.1Ha was planted in spring 2000 & the balance planted in spring 2002.

the view from Toppers Mountain

Tony Harper in the Brisbane News on Topper’s Mountain


A bit of a tight spot!

I got into a bit of a pickle on the Hill of Dreams while I was spraying on Saturday. As you can see I managed to jack-knife the spray rig between a big Box tree & the vine rows! Luckily I’m the boss & so I had to go easy while berating myself for being so [...]

Topper’s Mountain is a Single Estate label. This means you can see & taste each different season in each vintage you try. No buying grapes in from other growers to try to make blends that are the same, vintage after vintage. Mike (Hayes, our winemaker) & I are staking our futures on doing exciting & [...]