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S3- E08 | Love, Loss and Legacy with Kim Longbottom
Adelaide Hills/ McLaren ValeKim Longbottom’s story is one of adaptability, resilience, and quiet determination. Originally from New Zealand, she built a life on the Limestone Coast, growing a highly successful wine brand with her husband Mark in Padthaway.
When Mark was diagnosed with cancer in the early 2000s, they faced it with defiance and optimism, always believing he'd make it through. Years later leukaemia tragically claimed his life when their daughter Margo was just ten years old, leaving Kim with the world on her shoulders. She's never stopped moving forward, balancing single motherhood with the demands of business, thinking ahead and embracing the next challenge. Today, she runs Vintage Longbottom alongside Margo, continuing to adapt to the ever-evolving world of wine. Here’s Kim... Read more...Kim Longbottom
Resilient + Visionary + Grounded Website: VintageLongbottom Articles: Kim and Margo Longbottom -The Amazing Team Behind Vintage Longbottom in Adelaide, Australia - Woman Around Town Vintage Longbottom – the next chapter - WBM Online Soil Steward Kim Longbottom – Limestone Coast Grape and Wine Council Inc. Vintage Longbottom: A Taste of Persistence – Pull That Cork Celebrating Women in Wine: Kim Longbottom, Vintage Longbottom | Vinofiles | Vinomofo Australia Beyond Brunch: The Realities of Mother-Daughter Winemaking Teams | Wine Enthusiast We are a mother and daughter wine company, handcrafting wines from the Adelaide Hills and Mclaren Vale; celebrating the regions in which they are grown, and the passing of the seasons in which they are made.
Hailing from New Zealand’s famous Marlborough region, wine has been one of Kim’s life-long passions – and one she shared with her late husband Mark, a third-generation pastoralist with a natural affinity for the land. Together they released their first wines in 1998, the same year their daughter Margo was born. Sadly, Mark passed away in 2008, remembered lovingly as a loyal and honest man with a wry sense of humour. Kim Longbottom has continued to build their winery around the core message that family comes first That story continues and now includes Margo, she brings with her a family-instilled passion for wine as well as a vibrant new outlook stemming from her studies in fashion, digital marketing and business. Surrounded by wine and vines all her life, she freely admits she loves the lifestyle that comes with the business as well as the hard work, from getting her hands dirty during vintage to vital marketing and social media engagement. Together they are focussed on crafting contemporary wines with regional expression and varietal definition, wines they love to drink. |
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