The winery "Peter Lehmann Wines" is located in Tanunda in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. The Australian winemaker Peter Lehmann (1930-2013) worked for the Yalumba Winery for over ten years and was appointed Chief Winemaker of the Saltram Winery from the early 1960s. In 1978, he and his wife Margaret founded the Masterton Barossa Vignerons Winery. In 1986, the winery was renamed Peter Lehmann Wines and was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange as a public company in 1993. Peter Lehmann already enjoyed a legendary reputation for his wines during his lifetime, was called "Baron of Barossa Valley" and received the Order of Australia from Queen Elizabeth II. In the middle of the 1990s the oldest son Doug took over the business. In 2003 the estate was bought by the Hess Family Estates of the Swiss Donald M. Hess, but the management remained in the family with Doug Lehmann.
The estate's own vineyards cover 73 hectares, but only produce three percent of the production. Most of the rest of the grapes are purchased from the 200 contracted winegrowers, who produce according to strict quality criteria. Single-variety wines and cuvées are produced from the red wine varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Shiraz(Syrah), Grenache Noir(Garnacha Tinta), Merlot, Malbec(Cot) and Mourvèdre(Monastrell), as well as from the white wine varieties Riesling, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Muscadelle. Among them are also vines that are over one hundred years old. The large product range includes wines under different labels. These are Ambassador Range (with for example "Stonewell Shiraz", "The Futures Shiraz" and the CS-dominated cuvée "Mentor"), Cellar Reserve (sweet wines and dessert wines à la Sherry), Barossa Range, Clancy's, Vine Vale, Weighbridge and Wildcard. Real" barriques (no chips) are used. More than 50% of the wines are exported worldwide, mainly to the USA, Great Britain and New Zealand.
