Description Geoff Hardy’s great-great-grandfather, the original Thomas Hardy, first planted grapes in South Australia in the 1850s and was one of the founding fathers of the Australian wine industry. In 1980, Geoff left the family company to make his own way in the wine world. Today, Wines by Geoff Hardy is made up of three wineries - K1 by Geoff Hardy, Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy and Pertaringa. “Dried seaweed, purple florals, satsuma plum and Chinese five-spice. While the wine expands in the glass, this needs a good decant in order to maximise enjoyment. ... 91pts” (Halliday).