In 1853, the Hardy Wine Company started with just one visionary man. Thomas Hardy was 20 when he sailed from the English port of Devon for the colony of South Australia in 1850 and only three years later, he purchased his Bankside property on the River Torrens in Adelaide where he established his first winery.
Over 160 years, five generations have withstood two world wars, the Great Depression, the vagaries of a harsh climate to create a brand recognized for delivering great Australian wines to the world.