28/10/2026
Meet the Maker | John Collingwood, Four Winds Vineyard 🍇
Physiotherapist turned grape grower and w**emaker, John Collingwood’s journey into w**e wasn’t exactly planned.
After moving to the Canberra District in 2010 with Sarah, John began helping out in the vineyard at Four Winds Vineyard. What started as lending a hand gradually became a career — and today he works across both the vineyard and w**ery, following the process all the way from growing the grapes to making the w**e.
His variety of choice? Riesling. Its versatility, and the way it performs in the Canberra District’s cool climate, keeps it firmly at the top of his list.
And the lesson that has carried across from physiotherapy to w**emaking?
Patience.
As John puts it, “W**e certainly teaches you that you can’t rush the process.”
📍 Four Winds Vineyard | Canberra District
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