SIP Uncovered:
Peter Drayton: Three Crafts. One Hunter Story.
Peter Drayton: Three Crafts. One Hunter Story.
Date: Saturday 24 October 2026, 2pm
Venue: SIP Wollombi Village at Grays Inn
Some things worth knowing about Peter before you come:
> He is a fifth-generation member of the Drayton family, who first came to the Hunter Valley in 1853 and built one of the oldest wine names in Australia.
> He is the youngest of Max and Caroline Drayton's four sons, and left school in 1979 with a place waiting in the family wine business. He trained as a civil engineer instead.
> In 2001 he and his wife Leesa bought the Ironbark Hill property on Hermitage Road, Pokolbin, and planted it out with his father Max advising. That became Peter Drayton Wines.
> His Anomaly label is where he experiments: tyrian, vermentino, montepulciano, and a shiraz touriga, which is on the SIP shelf now.
> In 2016 the family started brewing. IronBark Hill Brewing Co is run by his son Andrew as head brewer, with Andrew's wife Hayley, and the beers have since picked up medals at the Sydney Royal Beer Show and the Australian Independent Beer Awards.
> Wildstreak is his spirits range: a gin, a vodka and a limoncello, each bottle hand-labelled and batch-numbered. He calls himself the black sheep of the family. The name was not an accident.
On the day, Michael will talk with Peter about how all this came about, and each tasting will pick up a different part of the story. Peter is choosing the wines, beer and spirit himself.
This is an informal afternoon. Come with questions.
Book your place
Fill out the form to reserve a place at SIP Uncovered with Peter Drayton. [$15] payable on the day or at the SIP Tasting Room before the event.
Saturday 24 October, 2pm. Grays Inn, Wollombi Village.
