Efeste

Efeste is a winery commited to making great wines with a since of place.

About Efeste

Efeste is actually pronounced out F-S-T for Daniel Farrelli – Patrick Smith – and Kevin Taylor the three partners in the winery. Daniel a second generation Italian had been making wine in his garage forever, passing on the tradition of his family to his son in law Kevin Taylor. Daniel and Patrick met through business and shared their passion for wine over dinner. One night while Daniel was making dinner for his grandkids over at Kevin’s house, Patrick stopped over and a discussion of Kevin and Daniel’s wine hobby came up, Patrick knew of some people in the wine industry and, why not, let’s start a project together. . With a strong love for all wines but strong interest in Australian wines they took a trip there to discover what made the wine so unique. The spirit of Australia was discovered and returned with the three friends, the idea, not to take yourself to seriously, enjoy your family, friends and anyone else that would like to join you in a glass of wine, breaking of the bread and a good laugh.

We have recently purchased land on Red Mountain and paln on planting Sping of 2008. Dick Boushey will be managing the vineyards for us with the help help from Chris Upchurch we hope to have a world class vineyard in a few years.