Interview with Ian Hickinbotham [sound recording] Interviewer: Rob Linn, Part 1 of 4

Ian Hickinbotham was born in 1929 in Horsham Victoria. His father, Alan, was Deputy Principal at Roseworthy and worked in soil science. He had many scientific achievements and was a very good teacher. Ian had a two years apprenticeship at Hardys Winery. He studied oenology at Roseworthy, then worked at Wynns in Melbourne running their laboratory. David Wynn bought Coonawarra Estate. Ian went to Tolleys at Hope Valley, then to Kaiser Stuhl as the technical manager. He talks about the development of the Kaiser Stuhl range of wines and the rapid growth of the company. He went overseas in 1962 to London, California, New York, and Russia. He introduced the "bag-in-a-box" at Penfolds. Ian bought Jeannies restaurant in Toorak and ran it for ten years. He wrote for the Financial Review, the Age and the Wine State

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