A strong passion for making wine

Andrew Santarossa and Matthew Di Sciascio met while studying their Bachelor of Wine Science at Deakin and Charles Sturt Universities. With a shared Italian cultural heritage, a strong passion for making wine and a great friendship a joint venture seemed like a natural next step. The company was established in 2013 and Andrew and Matthew went about sourcing fantastic wine grapes to make their first wines. After a process of hand crafting these wines together, several long lunches and of course a few bottles of great wine, it came time to think about a label for this jointly made wine. SANTA & D’SAS was born.

“Premium fruit is sourced from The King Valley, one of Australia’s most exciting, emerging wine regions, located in North East Victoria, approximately three hours north of Melbourne and seven hours south of Sydney. Home to picturesque and unspoilt environments, the King Valley benefits from a cool climate with extremely varied terrain, that ranges from snow-capped Alps to sun baked fields. The Italian bias in the King Valley has become renowned for its Prosecco, Pinot Grigio and Sangiovese wine styles as well as lessor known alternative grape varieties that are allowed to reach their full potential with imaginative winemaking.”