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E01 | Building community and standing up for the little guy with Tom Keelan
Adelaide Hills / Langhorne CreekTom Keelan
The Pawn Wine Co https://thepawn.com.au/ Tom Keelan has been in the grape game for more than two decades, but if you ask him, he'll tell ya, he's just getting started. Tom began as a grower, before a burning desire to take on the industry giants and fight for the little guys, saw he and wife, Rebecca Willson, launch their own wine label, The Pawn Wine Co. The Pawn is known for its handcrafted, small batch wines that proudly represent the ground they come from; the Adelaide Hills and Langhorne Creek. Tom's all about growers and smaller winemakers lending a hand to support each other and he's big on creating opportunities for blokes to connect in the local community. They say, "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together." The Pawn Wine Co. had its beginning in 2002 out of necessity when vignerons and winemakers Tom Keelan and his wife Rebecca Willson had a small parcel of fruit deemed ‘not good enough’ by a particular nameless, soulless wine monolith. They had now become mere Pawns in the global wine game, doomed to be played and moved around, and ultimately sacrificed. Tom and Rebecca have set out to identify other idyllic viticultural sites and hand selected parcels of fruit within the Adelaide Hills and Langhorne Creek to produce wines that are not only a bit unconventional, but enjoyable to drink, incredibly food friendly, and made in a style that reflects their true origins – the ultimate in hand crafted Artisinal wine. |
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