Born and raised among the green pastures of the Lockyer Valley, Clinton’s earliest experience with primary production came with mud on his boots and hay in his hair—helping his parents harvest feed and milking cows on his grandfather’s dairy farm. While the Valley itself isn’t wine country, the rhythm of the seasons and the language of the land planted a seed that would later grow into a full-bodied obsession with wine, its places, and its people.

That wine passion first sparked in 2005 during a visit to the Barossa, but it was a return trip in 2013—this time with more interest in Grenache than grapes—that properly fermented his interest in the world of wine. Since then, Clinton has embarked on a rolling tour of Australian and international wine regions, treating each vineyard visit not just as a tasting stop but as an opportunity to ask big questions, listen to local legends, and learn the art behind the alchemy.

Over the years, he’s had multiple hands-on vintages and explored New Zealand, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, NSW, Queensland, and beyond—soaking up wisdom from vineyards in Austria, California, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Malta, Spain, and Turkey.