Beginnings of Tiers Vineyard

The Croser family planted the Tiers Vineyard in 1979, the first vineyard planted in the Adelaide Hills region in the 20th century.

The Tiers Vineyard is in the centre of the Adelaide Hills in the middle of the Piccadilly Valley sub-region, the coolest and highest rainfall viticultural location in South Australia and one of the few genuine homo-climes of Burgundy in Australia. When Brian and Ann Croser took their young family to the Piccadilly Valley in 1978 to establish the Petaluma winery, they purchased the 7 hectares property that they named The Tiers as their home and the site for a revolutionary Chardonnay vineyard.

The property was named The Tiers in recognition of the 1836 name the pioneers gave to the central Adelaide Hills as seen from the Adelaide plain. The original name for the Piccadilly Valley was the Tiers Valley. The 3 hectares of adjacent low-lying land was purchased by Petaluma for the establishment of the winery.