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LUCK - ART - SCIENCE
Creating wines that make you feel. www.lasvino.tumblr.com L.A.S. (Luck Art Science) Thats what its all about people.

The ART of creating wine from essentially water and sunlight. The LUCK of the weather, the wind and the water during vintage.They say you need to know the rules to break them, we can thank SCIENCE for giving us an excuse to break the rules and create something different and interesting.

01/23/2026

This isn’t wine for polite conversation.

It’s wine for people who believe that kindness outlasts cruelty.

That decency transcends boundaries, and injustice is never inevitable.

And that what we build together counts for more than who we voted for.

Made by many hands and many places: Italian tractors, Swiss pumps, French oak, Portuguese corks, Chinese boxes, and salted air from the Indian Ocean.

Exported to Singapore, Brussels, Tokyo, Shanghai, Frankfurt and London, and supped by anyone wanting to bring mates together from all countries, ethnicities, sexes, sexualities and religions.

Proof that the world still works when we do it together.

It’s a reminder, simple and true: we are not where we come from.

We are what we contribute.

Available for pre-order now from www.lasvino.com
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10/24/2025

We made it to the TOP 100 WINERIES OF AUSTRALIA! Really really stoked to be listed in this years Hallidays top 100 wineries of Australia (top 5 in WA)! Words from the legends below.

The Halliday top 100 Wineries recognises and celebrates the very best producers of Australian wine right now. One hundred wineries sounds like a lot, but this list is all killer, as they say. It’s a true representation of Australian wine right now, and a list you can hedge your purchasing bets on with emphatic confidence. Each maker in the list is marked by that extremely high-quality bar, but each excels just as thrillingly in the individuality of their wines, and always with the deepest integrity to reflect place and grape through best-practice farming and deft wine making.

L.A.S. vino winemaker Nic Peterkin is son of the legendary Dr Mike Peterkin, of Pierro fame ( #60). It would be easy to look at the two and, aside from both being winemakers, immediately see the differences. Pierro is an established Margaret River icon (Mike did have a head start) working with classic varieties, while Nic is pushing boundaries, never tiring of experimenting.

In truth, that boundary pushing is true of both, the times are just different. Both are equipped with endless curiosity and the confidence to not waver. It would also be easy to categorise Nic’s portfolio by the outlier wines, where there are ample essentially classic wines in the range. The defining quality is that he works as lo-fi as possible, retaining purity and freshness but not interfering with additions or layers of oak and winemaking artefact. He intrinsically understands what the region grows well, but he takes it to the bottle with the gentlest of hands, letting the fruit shine.

Five of his wines received gold-medal scores in the 2026 Companion, including some of his emblematic lines, the CBDB Chenin Blanc and Albino PNO Rosé both from 2023, while the others were for the decidedly classic Margaret River varieties, chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon. All the wines sing loudly of variety and region, but in an individual key.

10/09/2025

Making wine in the mountains of Catalonia.

This will probably come across a little lame. But an excerpt by Hunter S Thompson gave inspiration to coming to the mountains of Catalonia, starting a project with a friend , finding some cool old vineyards and making wine here. He writes to a friend on how to choose a path in life.

“As I see it then, the formula runs something like this: a man must choose a path which will let his ABILITIES function at maximum efficiency toward the gratification of his DESIRES. In doing this, he is fulfilling a need (giving himself identity by functioning in a set pattern toward a set goal), he avoids frustrating his potential (choosing a path which puts no limit on his self-development), and he avoids the terror of seeing his goal wilt or lose its charm as he draws closer to it—rather than bending himself to meet the demands of that which he seeks, he has bent his goal to conform to his own abilities and desires.

In short, he has not dedicated his life to reaching a pre-defined goal, but he has rather chosen a way of life he KNOWS he will enjoy.“ Hunter

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10/03/2025

Making wines from old organic vineyards in the magical mountains of Catalonia. .wine

09/02/2025

I often get asked how I ended up in wine.

Most assume it’s due to the family connection, or maybe an early love of wine. But the big draw to this lifestyle has always been the travel. Whether it be early years of doing harvests in Mexico, the US and Portugal, or the travel on trade trips to China, the UK and Belgium. Most of the fantastic places in the world either drink wine, make wine or both.

Then back in Australia, one of the most exciting parts of the year for us is when a group of people from around the world join us for vintage in Margaret River. They come to learn, but we often learn more from them they do from us.

Immigration, the ability to travel, openness of trade. Different cultures and people from different countries coming together in the pursuit of creating something special and delicious.

We hope that the end result, the wine, is shared amongst friends from around the world. To talk and to chat , because nothing brings people together more than food and wine.

A chance meeting with a Spanish lad, working with us in Australia, through a connection in Belgium has led to me moving to the mountains of Catalonia Spain to begin a project with him and a few friends making Grenache from old organic bush vines. You can find more here .wine . Here are some snaps from the first few weeks discovering the region, places and people. Stay tuned for more.

07/16/2025

The largest and most important tasting of Chenin Blanc and sausages in the Southern Hemisphere* The L.A.S. Vino International Chenin Blanc Symposium + Sausage sizzle.

Celebrating the 2022 vintage which was a cracking vintage in both France, WA and South Africa led to easily the best tasting yet in terms of quality. It was hit after hit.

Now in its 6th year what have been the lessons.
1. Chenin reflects place and year incredible well.
2. It is suited to a changing climate. It grows well in warmer weather with little rainfall.
3. Organic viticulture, dry grown fruit and vine age really amplify the quality of the grape and resulting wine.
4. New oak really pokes out. The variety doesn’t really need new oak. It has enough structure from its acidity.
5. The wines that are awesome entwine the acidity and flavour of the grape into the wine.
6. It matches food incredibly well.

This year tickets sold out in 3 days. Thanks to all of those who attended. The photos show all the super star Chenins that made the cut this year. They represent the best available in Aus from 2022 vintage .

Also big love to for cooking a carbonara sausage topped with Parmesan and a snapper/scallop sausage with seaweed sauce. NEXT LEVEL!!

Thanks to .nova.vino .wine and all the other superstars that spoke and helped out

Salute

* there was a way larger tasting in the northern hemisphere but they didn’t have sausages 😉

06/16/2025

WOAH! L.A.S. VINO has been announced in The Real Reviews top wineries of Australia for 2025!

Hitting 36th position L.A.S. Vino now ranks among the top 3 wineries in W.A. Alongside esteemed names like Cullen wines (9th) amd Cherubino (31st). It’s even more noteworthy given L.A.S. Vino’s boutique scale.

The real review tastes over 10,000 wines a year and wineries that reach the top 100 consistently produce excellent world class wine.

In addition the L.A.S. Vino Albino PNO was one of 3 finalists in Australia for Rosé of the year. Receiving top honours in W.A.

We are over the moon!

05/27/2025

THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL CHENIN BLANC SYMPOSIUM & SAUSAGE SIZZLE!

A tasting of the world’s best Chenin Blanc!
It’s on! 5th of July @ the Cowaramup district hall. The ultimate wine and sausage party!

World famous chef will be making and cooking snapper sausages . and local winemakers will be providing commentary! The only event of its kind in Australia, the southern hemisphere and possibly the world!

Tickets now available through link in bio. With only 30 tickets released to the general public, be super quick. This tasting has sold out for the last 5 years running in a matter of days.

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05/05/2025

A picnic amongst the olive trees with good friends, local wines and delicious cheeses

Who would you love to be sitting with, sharing a bottle of wine with some soft cheeses under the olive grove?

04/10/2025

Snapshots of vintage in Margaret River. It would be hard to find a better place in the world to live and make wine.

12/10/2024

THE BEST ROSÉ FROM W.A!

Proud to announce that the 23 Albino PNO has been awarded as the top rosé in W.A. By Ray Jordan in the 2025 Wine Review. Huon Hooke has also given the rosé top honours on the .

The online store will be closing in less than 24 hours. Any orders received before midday Wednesday should make it for Christmas! If you would like to savour it this summer, be quick!

12/04/2024

There are over 4000 unique wine brands in Australia and at least 2500 wineries. 964 million litres of wine were of wine were produced from 146000 hectares in Australia in 2023!

Given the magnitude of those numbers we are pretty chuffed to be recognised in the top 100 wineries in Australia by , sitting at number 75. We only produce a tiny fraction of Australia’s production, but what we can focus on by not making much is quality, and wines that have authenticity to the place they are grown and the people that make them.

Given our short history making wine, and our tiny volumes we are really proud to be recognised amongst some pretty incredible names in Australian wine.

Thanks to all the team who spend the time to taste the wines and think about where Australian wine is and where it should be moving, thanks to all the support from independent wine bars and bottle shops , thanks to the distributors for spreading the good word, thanks to the team at LAS vino and thanks to all the good people across this great nation of ours that drink our wine. Without you none of it would be possible.

Cheers!

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